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Even if a city has the 1/10 of the density of Seoul, there's no reason for a city as important as NYC to have internet infrastructure as bad as it is now.

Density argument doesn't make sense. Why can't major cities in US have faster internet than rural areas?

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What does "importance" have to do with anything? "Importance" doesn't dictate how much money companies are willing to spend on internet infrastructure. The number of potential customers you can hit for the cost of lying a mile of fiber does.

They do. Broadband access in rural US is terrible [1].

[1] http://www.ibtimes.com/rural-broadband-access-still-lacking-...

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