[gjhr]

But that wouldn't have helped here. No companies wanted to lay down cable even when they would then get a monopoly on the customers in the town.

[BrandoElFollito]

That was also the case for some remote places in France. The deal was that a company can operate only if they also fiber low density places.

This comes from the time where there was a monopoly on wired phones, but everyone was entitled to one, even if you were 10 km away in your house over the cliff.