| As another commenter has noted, FiOS is Verizon’s trademark for service delivered using what is known generically as a fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network. A typical network of conduits and fiber optic cabling installed along major streets for traffic signal synchronization and similar municipal purposes is unlikely to reach or pass many homes directly. Extensive “last mile” construction may be required between the existing network and each location to be served, and the cost of this is often a major factor limiting broadband deployment, especially in suburban and rural areas. Your city’s network could be useful to businesses or telecommunications companies that need point-to-point dark fiber connections, and many local governments and electric utilities with fiber optic networks find it attractive to lease some of their excess capacity. The economics of this--a few sophisticated customers, willing to pay, in advance, the full cost of connecting their buildings to the nearest conduit--are completely different from those of mass-market consumer offerings, which generally need a very high take rate to keep the prices reasonable. Achieving this can be difficult, especially in overbuild situations with established competitors. You might be interested in these two studies, both prepared by the same consulting firm, discussing the costs and opportunities of municipal FTTP development: City of Palo Alto Fiber-to-the-Premises Master Plan https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/48... City of Seattle Fiber-to-the-Premises Feasibility Study http://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/Broadband/2016-... |