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What happens when Jared sells his home or has to move? Everyone has fiber wired into his basement for connectivity. Would the new homeowner be obligated to continue running this?

Personally if I were a neighbor I'd still sign up with this risk given the ISP options available, but would still be a concern. Your Internet service and home value depend on this guy keeping things running "forever".

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Most likely, the equipment would move to a community owned and maintained equipment enclosure/shed. This is a worn path for coops and other endeavors like this where residents go in to buy a DSL DSLAM and pull fiber to it, with the "last mile" being copper runs.

It's pretty easy, I just sell myself an easement on the property for $1 before I sell to someone else. I can also just move the electronics somewhere else. The nice thing about fiber is the range, I can be within 25dB of here and it will still work. With average loss of 0.5dB/km that gives you a decent range

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