not when those dollars can be spent on LTE/wireless and see a far greater return. just because something is profitable doesn't mean there is something even MORE profitable to spend dollars on (in VZs case, wireless wireless wireless)
So why isn't that profit enough to entice a non-Verizon fiber company? You can't sensibly argue it's because NYC is in the pocket of TWC/Comcast, when they're out trying very hard to get Verizon to come in and compete. You think if Google came a knocking de Blasio would turn them away?
For the same reasons that companies aren't prospecting for oil/gas in the US right now.
I don't follow.
How much oil and gas exploration do you think has gone on in the US in the last five or so years.