it would have ended up dead fiber, like so many failed fiber rollouts from the era of "smart cable" most people don't realize that there is dead fiber all over

it would have ended up dead fiber, like so many failed fiber rollouts from the era of "smart cable" most people don't realize that there is dead fiber all over San Jose CA (it literally stubbed up out of the ground near the utility box of a house I used to own there, so its not up for debate)...part of a failed pilot project from the cable provider. probably severed or degraded in twenty different mystery places by now so no one will ever bother trying to do anything with it