"This is part of why the US system is so badly broken. Little competition so no incentive to provide better networks with wider coverage due more or less monopoly areas."
Drive through the middle of the US where the wheat and corn grows and be thankful that there is any signal at all. It's just miles and miles of fields. Very little room for more than one provider. In towns and cities where there are lots of people, there are lots of choices and several companies can split up the users and still make money. Spend an afternoon just clicking down a Kansas highway in Street View and realize that it's even more monotonous than that.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
