I waited 8 years for fiber where I live, and I even went door to door telling my whole neighborhood that there was a cheaper, faster alternative to Comcast, and all we had to do was sign up. When it was finally getting it installed, the technician told me that our neighborhood only got fiber because a local criminal organization had bought a couple cherry pickers and was stripping the copper from pole to pole.
Apparently it takes someone stealing the copper repeatedly before the telcos will invest a dime on upgrades.
I waited 8 years for fiber where I live, and I even went door to door telling my whole neighborhood that there was a cheaper, faster alternative to Comcast, and all we had to do was sign up. When it was finally getting it installed, the technician told me that our neighborhood only got fiber because a local criminal organization had bought a couple cherry pickers and was stripping the copper from pole to pole.
Apparently it takes someone stealing the copper repeatedly before the telcos will invest a dime on upgrades.