Absolutely. ISPs should remain privately owned and operated. But the so called "last mile" should be a shared utility like a road. Government should build it,

Absolutely. ISPs should remain privately owned and operated. But the so called "last mile" should be a shared utility like a road. Government should build it, maintain it, and support it. But once that last mile hits the exchanges then different competing private ISPs should pay a licence fee from the exchange onto the final mile to people's homes. The last mile is the most expensive element in internat deployments, and also the one most encumbered by regulation (e.g. digging up roads, putting cable on existing poles, installing cable with other utilities, etc). But most importantly other businesses depend on the reliable fast internet to make money. It is a utility. Entire new industries will crop up from superior internet (like video streaming services did from the last leap forward, and streaming music the leap before that). The US's entire ability to make money is being curtailed by low quality internet. Google had the right idea, just not deep enough pockets and a long enough attention span to see it through. This is a billion dollar project per state.