You make some good points, but you keep assuming it’s going to be more expensive. There are some proprietary services trying to stake a claim like Qwest and Verizon but that' note the service I’m talking about. True fiber will be like phone lines today. there will be a set standard that all services that use it will need to conform too. Here’s some benefits you’ll see in the very near future.
1.You get to choose your own provider. (Like with DSL you can choose your own ISP Except with fiber you can also choose your phone and media services witch will drive competition and you won’t be limited to services in your area.)
2.DVRs will become obsolete. (Because ALL content will be on demand. You won’t need to manage a DVR.)
3.On demand will truly be on demand and not the limited100 or so staggered HD broadcasts that are available today.
4.Off site backups will become main stream. (1 out of 4 people that store family movies pictures and work on there PC have lost priceless data because of hardware failure theft fire and fluids.)
5. Advertizing will become more effective. ( Just like sponsored online video today you won’t be able to skip past the ads.) Well we’re not communists.
6. Gaming services like Steam and Xbox live will become a central source for most game content. (This will make games less expensive easer to obtain and give game developers better protection from piracy.)
I'll come up with more later.
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