I am running a 4G connection but it does have a cap which gets burnt through if the teenager in the house falls asleep with Youtube playing.
I don't think the neighbours will want to pay $1000s for the install.
I'll be in touch with a few of the commenters on here to find out their experiences.
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Community based WiFi networks are a thing, and are only going to become more common. Unfortunately for you if you don't have people willing to invest then nothing will go anywhere.
The retailers will fight to keep 4g just good enough for most people in these situations so they wont be interested in fiber, that will keep it from being installed and therefore a captive customer base.
Since most people buying in rural developments are either buying there because they cant afford urban property (therefore no cash to upgrade the property) or old people who are selling urban to cash up and move to the whopwhops and retire (no need for proper internet for gaming) the number of people prepared to upgrade their property to have fiber is going to be pretty small, so the costs higher so harder to justify.
This is just one of the problems with buying somewhere that isnt fully serviced with the services that you require.
Keep in mind a lot of the cost can be to do with trenching/drilling/traffic control -- if you get this part done yourself you should be able to save a fair amount. Just as an example, I know someone who lives rural and wanted to tap off a privately funded fibre run along the road and was told it would be $5000 - she got a private contractor in to trench the run and she said she barely paid $1000. Probably a lot of other things it will depend on of course - I think she was lucky someone else had already funded the rest of the project beforehand with their private run
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