lol he thinks big ISPs upgrade their infra or care.
Also everybody else responding to me is ignoring the point that most rural municipalities can barely afford keep their roads marginally flat, let alone tear up the roads, lay fiber, then repair those roads. Municipal fiber is a pipe dream in most scenarios, but workable in reasonably high density regions that have a tax base to work with.
You also usually don't need to tear up the road. Maybe the pavement, but not the road.