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Montgomery County, MD

Montgomery County MD is paradoxically the wealthiest county in one of the wealthiest states — and home to a 93,000-acre Agricultural Reserve where broadband internet is virtually nonexistent. The Ag Reserve, stretching from Poolesville through Dickerson, Barnesville, and Boyds, contains some of the most valuable farmland and estates on the East Coast. Yet its low population density means Comcast, Verizon, and RCN have zero economic incentive to extend cable or fiber infrastructure.

Even outside the Ag Reserve, Montgomery County's established neighborhoods face connectivity challenges. Bethesda and Chevy Chase have mature tree canopies — 80-120 year old oaks and maples — that create satellite obstruction issues on some properties. Potomac's 2-10 acre estate parcels are often at the end of Comcast's service runs, receiving degraded signal quality. Damascus and northern Olney are functionally rural with DSL as the only wireline option.

The tech corridor along I-270 (Rockville, Gaithersburg, Germantown) has robust commercial internet infrastructure, but residential neighborhoods adjacent to these business parks often have completely different coverage. You can work in a Gaithersburg office with gigabit fiber and come home to a Darnestown address with 10 Mbps DSL.