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It's fairly regulated here. The regulation says that the companies that own the poles are obligated to sell that space to any other telcos that want to rent it.

[rhino369]

That’s how it is in many places in the USA, but they often make you pay their own service techs to do it.

In my city it’s pretty deregulated. But there are downsides. Sloppy techs will cut competitor cables due to pure laziness.