Broadband internet

[Weekend Pundit]

Originally Posted by jeffk

Fidium ran the fiber line from the outside box (fed by underground wires), through my basement, up through the floor, to the optical termination point in a bedroom (that's where my router is). They do NOT "fish" through walls.

My bet is that they don't go through attics either.
Why? My guess is time and cost. Stringing line in a basement and going up through the floor is quick and easy.

Even when they were 'just' Verizon, Fairpoint, or Consolidated and running twisted pairs for phone service they weren't likely to go through attics for the reason you cited. It's one thing if they were installing in a house under construction because then it was easy, or the electricians would string the wire and the telephone installers would then make the "punch down" connections when they finally installed phone service. Today, how many people are still using POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) lines?