> • Provide $150 billion through the Green New Deal in infrastructure grants and technical assistance for municipalities and/or states to build publicly owned a

> • Provide $150 billion through the Green New Deal in infrastructure grants and technical assistance for municipalities and/or states to build publicly owned and democratically controlled, co-operative, or open access broadband networks. Limit it to eminent domain on the poles for rural/suburban municipalities. Costly, but keeps the rent seekers off the physical medium. For populations over X density, use the money to drop fiber underground, again that the municipality owns. Issue licenses to companies that want to play ball with the towns and cities, or give the people the option to have the town run it. Spectrum/poles/underground should be public resources. Fine and/or revoke licenses from companies that are running scams and failing to reach this commitment. States have flexed before to compel companies to meet build-out requirements: https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/12/20691853/charter-spectrum-new-york-deal-roll-out-internet-service https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/12/20691853/charter-spectrum... Spectrum squatters are a real problem for smaller WISP's. DISH is likely the largest mid-band squatter on the market right now, having built a single test tower with their AWS-4 spectrum license. It was supposed to cover 70% of the population by March 2020 and they blew it off for 3 years or so and are requesting another 3. https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseAdminSum.jsp?licKey=3453558 https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseAdminSum.j...