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Let's just say that the group company is the sole provider of iPhones here in Japan and also has a very large ISP and IP TV service...
The economics of installing fiber all over the base just don't work. Out in town, you hook up a neighbourhood with FTTN or a building with FTTH, there are enough potential customers and costs are low, so you can make money. You will be using existing 'dark fiber' or often existing infrastructure - telephone poles. On the base, the market is limited to a few thousand people, and you have to dig up the whole base. If you do it properly, as AAFES originally asked for in their solicitation, you can never make money.
The fact that the service on Yokota is kind of half-assed is basically because they are doing the best job they can while still trying to turn a profit.