Most broadband access providers don't know how to build, operate or scale out compute infrastructure and the systems around it. They've tried, they've failed, t

Most broadband access providers don't know how to build, operate or scale out compute infrastructure and the systems around it. They've tried, they've failed, they've blown a lot of money in the process. It's not their core competency and most have given up. They've been taken in by vendors (or acquisitions) in the last 10 years selling them solutions "just like the cloud companies" but can't manage to make it work in practice and entice the select set of customers who could take advantage of being in close proximity to users and less network congestion. The conversations I've heard go on with these companies display how they're a cargo cult and they fetishize buying the same hardware that cloud providers use.