I think you are exaggerating a bit. I have a pole in front of my house that just serves me and my neighbor. I pay $480 a year for Comcast, my neighbor gets CenturyLink.
So the cost for the pole rental works out to about 5% of Comcast's service cost to me.
Keep in mind some poles cost more than others (up to $250 according to the report), and that there are also hookup costs for the pole are ~$1000.
I'm not saying ISPs are suffering here, but cities are not providing this infrastructure at a loss.
> I have a pole in front of my house that just serves me and my neighbor
Hah. We live in veeeeery different housing densities I guess. I was thinking this was NYC, which would be closer to mine. If it's the whole state then probably somewhere in between.
So the cost for the pole rental works out to about 5% of Comcast's service cost to me.
Keep in mind some poles cost more than others (up to $250 according to the report), and that there are also hookup costs for the pole are ~$1000.
I'm not saying ISPs are suffering here, but cities are not providing this infrastructure at a loss.