Comment by icedchai

I'm in a condo here, with an HOA / board, and it was a pain in the ass to get fiber brought in from the local telco. They wasted months sending out letters, waiting for people to give input, votes, etc. until they finally agreed it was a good idea. The telco pays for the whole install: trenching, digging, running fiber between the buildings, etc. That doesn't matter, because you still have people complaining about the utilities messing up their lawn.

It's been over a year now and the project still isn't done. The fiber is right on the street, not even 30 feet from my unit. I'd have paid a couple grand to get my own conduit brought in, if that was an option.