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Governments in many countries have pledged to extend broadband to rural communities, arguing that reliable internet access is now as —essentialessentiallyessenceessentialism as electricity or running water. Laying fibre-optic cable across sparsely populated terrain is far more —costlycostingcostedcost per household than in dense cities, so providers often need public subsidies to —bridgebridgingbridgedbridges the gap. Satellite internet has recently offered a faster, if pricier, —alternativealternationalternatealternatively to trenching cables for miles.