On Sat, 28 Dec 2024, Mike Hammett wrote:
But you don't have to be that rich. You just need friendly local companies to work with.
I'm not personal friends with any multi-billionaires, and I don't get invited to parties at multi-billionaire mega-mansions. So I don't have first-hand experience with multi-billionaire home construction. This thread began with my friends new tract-home subdivision construction (developer-financed), which only has 5G wireless broadband. No cable, no telco, no fiber. According to Loudoun County, VA; in order to qualify for NTIA BEAD grant subsidies, residential addresses can't have ANY wired broadband service (cable or fiber). Apparently the rural (non-bell) telco serving the area ceased business in 2021. ISPs aren't sharing NTIA BEAD grant money with property developers for pre-construction ROW preparation. Electric companies can qualify for pre-construction "Make-Ready" funds for utility poles. I don't know the details of construction business money arrangements or if someone is misunderstanding NTIA's BEAD rules. If you are not rich enough to build a custom home, 70% of new home construction are tract homes. Your buying options are what the developer negotiated or didn't negotiate. When I went down the rabbit-hole doing my own research trying to understand what weird business reason why my friend's brand-new house didn't have broadband, I didn't look at apartments or multi-tenant construction.