Agreed. In my town they replaced all the cast-iron gas pipes with plastic ones about 10 years ago. Almost every street in my estate was dug up. It would have cost them bugger extra all to lay some ducting or even empty pipe alongside to allow for future fibre. I guess that the benefit doesn't show up in this period's budget so no one wants to spend, but it's very short sighted.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
