I wouldn’t say its “cheap af” but the equipment and connections do technically exist a the consumer level in the US now, although generally not as widespread as one would hope. US is still in many ways still has very many rural areas with small populations and slow speeds. It’s more widely available in big cities, the kind of city that minimum wage workers are being priced out of because they can’t afford to live in the city now with the cost of living. So if people are already priced out due to cost of living, that means the poorest are being pushed to rural areas with less access, which further undermines the idea that its accessible or cheap.
I wouldn’t say its “cheap af” but the equipment and connections do technically exist a the consumer level in the US now, although generally not as widespread as one would hope. US is still in many ways still has very many rural areas with small populations and slow speeds. It’s more widely available in big cities, the kind of city that minimum wage workers are being priced out of because they can’t afford to live in the city now with the cost of living. So if people are already priced out due to cost of living, that means the poorest are being pushed to rural areas with less access, which further undermines the idea that its accessible or cheap.