I live in the US, and I have had both FTTP (via Verizon FIOS) and FTTN (via AT&T U-verse). FTTP was by far, the best internet service I ever experienced. The

I live in the US, and I have had both FTTP (via Verizon FIOS) and FTTN (via AT&T U-verse). FTTP was by far, the best internet service I ever experienced. The latency was super low, download times were always fast, uploads were synchronous, and the service had amazing uptime in the 3 years I had it. FTTN was by contrast, a miserable experience. The hardware was finicky, the latency was terrible (thanks to a DSL Interleave), the downloads were inconsistent, upload speeds were laughable, and the hardware was total crap and couldn't stay up at all. Unfortunately, Verizon has halted new development of it's FIOS product even though it was awesome, due to cost. AT&T has pushed forward with it's crappy U-verse solution and has eclipsed FIOS installs in my local area. My takeaway from this is that fiber optic cable is far and away one of the most stable and solid technologies since the invention of the copper wire. But unfortunately it comes at such a steep price, that it gets sidelined when it comes up against the "Last Mile" problem of getting a connection from the node to the residence. I would love to see an opt-in option for FTTP where you pay the difference to the service provider to have the fiber optic cable run into the residence. Even if they charged me at cost ($2-3K USD last I checked), I think many would pay for it due to the better experience. Over time, this cost would fall and everyone would opt in.