Damn it, can’t the entire country be wired with fiber? It was done 100 years ago with heavy conductors for electrification, then again with twisted copper pair for phone, but now in the 21st century no one can do shit.
Save wireless for what it’s actually useful for, mobile and extremely remote use.
I tried laying fiber to an island in Canada. The locals were ecstatic about it, the telco did what they could to block it, then, when it was clear we were going to succeed they finally put in minimal broadband for the one village within the area we were going to cover killing all economies of scale that we might have found.
You could’ve signed up the people in advance into a yearly contract before even starting the build (with fair clauses that they can opt out at no charge if the service turns out different than expected, etc).
It doesn't make sense for the average individual homeowner to sign something like this. It's also very difficult to do a fair clause for service quality that works at scale for a contended residential service.
Also a one-year contract still doesn't protect you from them setting predatory pricing for expiring contracts the next year. A large telco can play many games of attrition that are very hard for a small (non-VC) startup to win.
Save wireless for what it’s actually useful for, mobile and extremely remote use.