> There are companies like Google/Alphabet willing to build out infrastructure if only they were allowed. This is true, and I agree that enabling infrastructur

> There are companies like Google/Alphabet willing to build out infrastructure if only they were allowed. This is true, and I agree that enabling infrastructure development is an important aspect. > any monopoly on such infrastructure, regulated or not. I would never propose that the state monopolizes any aspect of the infrastructure, but rather that it offers an alternative while also enabling private infrastructure development (which as I mentioned, would likely have the most advanced infrastructure). I think there is a case to be made that the externalities of multi-layered private cabling in densely populated areas are sufficiently prohibitive to warrant a public alternative.