Gigabit in Hong Kong

The New York Times piece points out the obvious in describing gigabit broadband for $26/month in Hong Kong:

In the United States, we don’t have anything close to that. But we could. And we should.

Indeed. And we'll only get there with fiber. And the places that have fiber will be on equal footing with world leaders. And those that don't, won't. It's simple as that.