Futurist Alvin Toffler foresaw ubiquitous fiber to the home -- in 1990

Like phones and VCRs, faxes will begin to appear in even the humblest homes, driven by the Law of Ubiquity. And so will fiber optic cables and other advanced technologies, whether paid for by the individual, the public, or by other users whose fees will subsidize service to those who can’t afford it.

The widest diffusion of communication capabilities is an inseparable part of the new system of wealth creation. The direction is almost inevitably toward what the old Bell phone company called “universal service”—i.e., ubiquity—combined with interactivity, mobility, convertibility, and connectibility.

Toffler, Alvin. Powershift: Knowledge, Wealth, and Power at the Edge of the 21st Century (p. 356). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.