Facebook died to me when the timeline was no longer linear

It’s not. But fiber isn’t a regulated utility like power is, so the argument is moot until that changes.

It does make sense for very rural customers. For my parents to get fiber like you suggest, someone would have to string up about 10 miles of fiber to gain like 50 customers, maybe. With another 90 miles of fiber they can get all the way to 1000 people served; idk how many households that is but the unit economics don’t make sense.