If I can add as an aside, both yours and Drew's arguments are interesting reads. Both of you are arguing well. To add to the data, the dedicated fiber line at

If I can add as an aside, both yours and Drew's arguments are interesting reads. Both of you are arguing well. To add to the data, the dedicated fiber line at our business goes for ~$700 and is 500 up 500 down (in Canada, BC). that scales slightly better than the connections we get residentially, take from that what you will. In my opinion, if the reality is that me and my neighbours are all sharing a single 50x10, then having an third party non regulatory agency dictate the use of a utility to me without disclosing any of the factors they use to reach that decision, feels like an unfair situation. I'm also surprised to learn that so little bandwidth is present. I wonder about that.