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Originally Posted by sterlingice
Again, the fact that it's illegal to have municipal or state ISPs practically everywhere is a joke. It's akin to the argument against a public option for health insurance: either the government is so incompetent that the product is worthless so what do these companies have to fear? Or, the government is so efficient that with a profit motive, a profitable company has no way to compete (however that should be balanced with the needs of a society: if it can be offered as cost neutral but benefits society, shouldn't we do it?)
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Just another point to add....it isn't really true that its illegal practically everywhere for municipalities to build their own infrastructure. Nor is it the majority (and I'm tempted to say vast majority but would need to look it up to be certain).
Certain companies are more vocal about lobbying the states they operate in to make it illegal, many times because they had actually built out large fiber networks for the states/municipalities, etc. for the right to even operate initially. Maybe they are still jerks for advocating to make it illegal but its not entirely without some merit.