[deaddodo]

In the US, it’s not about money or demand. The more entrenched cities (especially in California, for some historic reasons/legislation) tend to have a much more difficult time getting fiber installed. It all comes down to bureaucracy and NIMBYism.

[bcoates]

It's just SF, there's fiber-to-the-pole or better in most of the LA area, even if the only last-foot service is DSL or cable

[deaddodo]

Sure, but it took much longer for it to roll out in LA than it should have, and even then (as you pointed out) the furthest they could get was the pole in most cases. FTH is mostly reserved to the more suburban areas (the Valleys) and the independent cities.