Originally Posted by
Ascend Charlie
The tyranny of distance.
When I moved to a newly-built suburb in 2007, where the power, telephone and services are underground, I mistakenly hoped that there would be cables also for the cable TV.
Not sure what distance you're talking about, but 20 km will have you outside cell coverage in Perth; and I don't mean just dead spots.
And the truly criminal thing, is that for new suburbs in the Perth Metropolitan area, they're still putting in copper.