Despite best efforts by Charter Communications (including telling locals earlier this week that a coax network is more reliable than fiber to the home), 62 percent of Opelika, Alabama residents have voted to build a fiber to the home network.The $33 million fiber network will be funded with revenue bonds, using a core fiber ring from the local power utility as its heart -- with some services and support layered on top by local competitor Knology. Opelika Mayor Gary Fuller called out Charter when announcing results:Of course if history is anything to go by, this is usually the part where the local incumbent, after being semi-responsible for the community effort due to neglected upgrades and poor service, engages in an expensive campaign to bog down the community fiber build via a series of endless lawsuits. Then when the project struggles, the incumbent usually uses said failure as "proof" that all community broadband efforts end in failure.