Coax that's already been run to the home and pulled through walls is also "almost" free. Perhaps even moreso. I switched to fiber at my current home the moment

Coax that's already been run to the home and pulled through walls is also "almost" free. Perhaps even moreso. I switched to fiber at my current home the moment it became available, but until then I enjoyed being fairly well-served by gigabit (down) cable over DOCSIS 3.1 on the infrastructure that was ready to use on move-in day.