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What usually happens is a big player will go into an area and lay the fiber (I'm talking backbone, and also cell towers) and then lease bandwidth and spectrum to the other companies. This is something they have to do because of the monopoly the government has given them. I'm not sure how fiber to the curb would work, but I can't imagine multiple companies laying fiber to the same house, let alone the same neighborhood. That and the fact that fiber is still pretty rare over here. It's huge news when Google picks a city to light up.
And that's cities I'm talking about. Rural areas, like where I live are in a pinch. You basically take what you can and smile. I was really hoping that the internet over power lines thing that made news years ago would have taken off, everyone (well almost) has electricity so using existing infrastructure would make total sense and reduce the overall costs.
I dunno, I think there has to be a better way, and I don't think flying balloons is the better way I'd pick. I wish I was rich, I'd love to come up with answers to things like this.
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