> And the only thing that will make those wireless connections competitive is firm public control over conduits and poles so as to ensure no monopolist bosses u

> And the only thing that will make those wireless connections competitive is firm public control over conduits and poles so as to ensure no monopolist bosses us around. Seems like an oversimplification. City government workers are also perfectly capable of bossing us around. If it's not a greedy monopoly (e.g. Time Warner Cable) defending its own interests, it will probably be an equally greedy collection of city workers and local politicians defending their own interests.