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That's true, but Canada has suburban sprawl just like the U.S. where, in most cities, home internet is just as expensive if not more so. Think how much less wire, amplification/splitter/switching/etc. equipment, and drilling would be required to install new home internet infrastructure to serve the same number of people if the Greater Toronto Area was as dense as the (4x denser) Stockholm metro area. The one of the obstacles (in addition to monopolies and regulatory capture) may be that the built-up area near the U.S. border still aren't dense enough to have infrastructure efficiency comparable to European countries with cheaper and faster home internet like Sweden, Finland, France, etc.



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