So even the ones that are making a profit, will take a long time to break-even and return the investment to the taxpayers (in the form of money, not just having

So even the ones that are making a profit, will take a long time to break-even and return the investment to the taxpayers (in the form of money, not just having a network). Now do an analysis on how long till the public breaks even on the many subsidies cable companies got, and failed to deliver the contractually-required networks.