This is why I think the makes the most sense for cities to own their own broadband infrastructure (just like they often own their road & water/sewer infrastruct

This is why I think the makes the most sense for cities to own their own broadband infrastructure (just like they often own their road & water/sewer infrastructure). Maybe let out a contract for management of it comercially that gets periodically reviewed - maybe even split the basic infrastructure maintenance with companies competing to deliver data from common data centers across the last mile wiring/fiber so multiple have a market to compete within.