They are tone deaf to the U.S. too.<p>After all the financial system dumped huge amounts of money into oil development,  and then the oil producers outdid themselves and now predictably the cost of oil is down.<p>Other than Google offering Google Fiber in a few markets,  which has inspired GPON offerings from many other providers,  SV companies rarely take up the cause of improving internet access in the United States such as modernizing the telecom system to put fiber or equivalent (pretty much) everywhere.<p>It&#x27;s a predictable investment although it would pay off over time and somehow I am sure S.V. people would get richer because of it,  but they don&#x27;t want to rock the boat with the telecoms...