big government subsides for fiber to the home build out by private firms
Ah yes, the most highly-taxed country in the EU takes taxpayers money and decides how to spend it. If you don't want/need FTTH? Tough, you're going to pay for your neighbours to have it anyway.
Not going to be acceptable in the UK.
I live in France, in a rural area, I won't get FTTH. I'll get 20Mbit/s shared WiFi from a pole, for 50 euros a month. Or I can keep my current 4Mbit/s ADSL for 30.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
