&gt;The trick also is long term perspective. With common TV gradually dying out, more and more people switch to Internet video. Which means that owners of extensive networks won&#x27;t lose business - they&#x27;ll only get more. So investing in better networks is a good investment.<p>I see it exactly the opposite. Fios was built with the assumption that you can not only sell internet, but also TV service for another 30-60 dollars of revenue.<p>With tv service going over the internet, the ISPs are going to have a hell of a time getting that much revenue back. They can try and charge for usage (like comcast) but it&#x27;s going to hard. This is why Verizon fought like hell to avoid net neutrality. They wanted options for trying to skim off the top of tv service.<p>So Fios might be making modest profits now, it probably won&#x27;t be in 5-10 years.