Not surprisingly, my 2 choices for fast Internet are the phone company and the cable company.
At one point the FCC was going to issue a rule opening these wires up. My building would be wired with a half-dozen competing ISPs about 5 seconds after that rule was issued.
What happens when xyz start up wants to dig up a whole neighborhood to put their data cables in. Then a month later a new startup that promises to give you a better experience comes in and rips up the road. What happens when xyz start up fails and the half finished project just sits there? Do the tax payers pay to fix it?
The level of complication for making the initial drop to the building will vary depending on the area and how wiring is done in general there, areas where there are pole hung wires making the drops are pretty quick to add areas where the wires are underground are typically a little more complicated.
I'm having an issue with second hand smoke from an apartment getting into my unit and I have to put up with this disgusting problem since moving involves other compromises I'm not willing to make at the moment.