Bell Aliant, Atlantic Canada, rolled out FTTH(P) in my neighbourhood about 8 (10?) years ago. The service is unsurpassed and is not that much more expensive than copper. The cost of initial roll out is significant but upkeep and repair is greatly reduced for the ISP.
Let's say a pole is hit by a car/truck and the ISP's cable to a specific neighbourhood is damaged. Consider the time required to repair/splice a 250 pair copper cable versus a single fibre cable. Now, consider fixing that 250 pair copper cable in a Canadian winter with an ambient temperature of -15C with a wind chill making it feel like -25C at night in an ice storm, because that seems to be when these incidents take place. I think I'd rather splice one or two fibres.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
