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I agree that there are strong economic reasons in favor but lets not overstate things. If it was economically viable to build out copper telephone lines to those areas then there is zero reason fiber should pose an issue. As far as raw materials go fiber is much cheaper than copper.





>If it was economically viable to build out copper telephone

It wasn't, it was subsidized by the government.


Sloppy wording on my part. Comment I responded to included "or even governments" which is clearly false.



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