> Rather, state and local governments impose these regulations because they're short-sighted. See, I don't think this is always true. In my city its more like

> Rather, state and local governments impose these regulations because they're short-sighted. See, I don't think this is always true. In my city its more like "state and local governments impose these regulations because they're _paid by Comcast and that's ok because money=speech_". Calling it short-sighted is letting them off the hook, IMHO. "We didn't realize that this company paying us to put up barriers to competition would use those barriers to prevent competition later" is right on the verge of being ridiculous.