I don't think you see my point. There is a reason why I wrote "due to battles in Congress that simply a small government would not have (or be able to sustain).

I don't think you see my point. There is a reason why I wrote "due to battles in Congress that simply a small government would not have (or be able to sustain)." Mandates, turf battles, happen in large corporations as well as government. Chiefdoms, out of touch executives, in large corporations are as common as partisan battles in Congress. Small governments, like small businesses can operate with a certain quickness and laser focus that larger organizations do not operate under. Which was a point of the article, large banks were ignoring small business lending in these small towns. > I would be utterly shocked if they didn't have some advantage that existed purely as a result of them being a government agency I believe you shall be shocked. The state of Tennessee actually barred them from extending service to other towns because Comcast lobbied/bribed the state. The reason they put in fiber is because the locally owned power municipality needed the fiber to monitor for down lines. The municipality claimed the cost savings for having employees drive around every time the power was cut paid for itself in a few years. The fiber broadband itself is a profit center.