Re: "Public utilities and government agencies are better at handling"
"What is needed is a "stick and carrot" approach. If telcos want the permission to bring broadband to remunerative areas, they have to bring elsewhere too - maybe with some state subsidies."
Many countries including the US are trying that, but the telcos add up the numbers and find themselves in the red (IOW, being forced to wire the sticks makes wiring the city unprofitable) and would rather walk away from the whole thing.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
