[JumpCrisscross]

> where the government should step in and say “welp, you took too long, we’re now funding municiple fiber and we’ll give it to everyone cheap

Thereby accruing not only a capital expenditure but ongoing operational obligation? How is this better than scaring the cable company into fronting the cash to get the same outcome?

[AshamedCaptain]

In which way this is a viable strategy that you can repeat more than once?

[lazide]

If the outcome is you need to pay the next time, but not the first time…. Doesn’t it at least save you from having to pay for it the first time?

[JumpCrisscross]

> In which way this is a viable strategy that you can repeat more than once?

I’m not saying commit to bluffing. But after the other guy has folded, continuing with your threat just to be petty is kind of dumb.

[fn-mote]

> after the other guy has folded, continuing with your threat just to be petty is kind of dumb

Your community is still going to be paying whatever the cable company wants to charge for the service. There's definitely a reason to run it yourself.

[AshamedCaptain]

Or not if you want the threat to work a next time.

[JumpCrisscross]

> not if you want the threat to work a next time

You don’t care if it works next time. It worked this time. If it doesn’t work next time, build it next time.

[therealpygon]

Cool, but isn’t this “the next time”, after “the next time”, after “the next time” already? These companies have been threatened, sued, and incentivized in numerous ways over many years, which has yet to be successful, and yet it seems like you are suggesting “just one more time” will be the impetus for change…this time…you swear…probably?

Note: I don’t disagree or agree, rather, I’m pointing out how flawed the logic is that just one more time will be what it takes.

[JumpCrisscross]

> isn’t this “the next time”, after “the next time”, after “the next time” already?

No, it’s the time that it worked. The cable company upgraded. That’s all that matters. Whether it’s happened many times or not is irrelevant. The next time will come next time.

> which has yet to be successful

OP said they laid the fiber. It was literally successful. Preëmptively striking your service provider because they might screw you in the future is silly.