Then why haven't they done it already? Oh, that's right, the rounding error.

And the residents pay for it with their subscription fees.

You can't wish the cost away. And, as you say, the cable franchise fee, is just rounding error. It can't be both a rounding error and critical part of Verizon's decision making.

So you expect Verizon to just give the service away?

You answered your own question. The capital spend is, at a first approximation, what any entity would have to spend to bring fiber to the premises.

One way Harvard/MIT/other-institutions-companies can actually help is guarantee a certain number of customers to the system. If they reimburse staff for home internet, make sure there are incentives to use municipal broadband. With guaranteed customers, the uncertainty around financial risk is minimized, making financing easier and deals with private partners less necessary.

Wait. Somebody actual said that? Good grief.

(Oh, Marc. The "/s" means "sarcasm." - Saul.)

“I moved to the heart of Central Square for the peace and quiet,” said one resident pleased the Zoning Board’s vote. /s

What a waste of taxpayer dollars.

It's a real town that recently changed its name from Fucking to Fugging: https://www.dw.com/en/austrian-village-of-fucking-decides-to-change-its-name/a-55740967

Yellowstone, where Taylor Sheridan's inability to work with a collaborative writing staff combined with his ever growing list of spinoffs/projects/ranches has taxed his ability to maintain a consistent plot that makes some sort of rational sense.

So, your answer is "Yes, that Starry."

You mean the company that's laid off half its staff and has been warned about delisting from the Stock Exchange because its price has plummeted? That Starry?

The full presentation to the Council can be found here: https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=1&ID=3769&Inline=True

So, you have no evidence and your proposed alternative - knock on random doors - doesn't pass the laugh test.

From the presentation to be given to Councilors. Resident support for municipal broadband is extraordinary, with 66% supporting it, even if tax subsidies are required.

https://preview.redd.it/vcrfsokm0s2a1.png?width=960&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=1cdaad66998d468626b4aee7453a330cb3a93782

Cambridge could eliminate poverty within its borders very quickly by cutting off social service and housing assistance programs. Instead, it chooses to support people who would not otherwise be able to live there.

As for 50%, citation needed.

>extremely high poverty rate
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>Cost of living is astronomically high

Astronomically high cost of living yet a lot of poor people live there. Huh.