HFC is a mess. It's not worth it to keep improving it. Here in Spain HFC providers are rushing to lay fiber because it's not only more competitive for real spee

HFC is a mess. It's not worth it to keep improving it. Here in Spain HFC providers are rushing to lay fiber because it's not only more competitive for real speeds, but because maintinance is much easier and cheaper. The savings come in the form of real state, the "last mile" widens a lot, many of the elements of the network are passive so you save up energy too, and you can cram up much more people/€ spent.