You are right, but that isn't at all why I referenced 10A. I referenced it because, in the U.S., the residuary (or "police") power resides in the states. Large

You are right, but that isn't at all why I referenced 10A. I referenced it because, in the U.S., the residuary (or "police") power resides in the states. Large ISPs have tried to fight municipal broadband in the courts, but [the point I am making here] is that states and municipalities have extremely broad discretion in terms of what projects they can undertake. And building a local ISP is something they certainly can do.