"they’re fed up with monopolies like Comcast." Why do they feel a different monopoly will be better? There's no reason to believe that the local government ow

"they’re fed up with monopolies like Comcast." Why do they feel a different monopoly will be better? There's no reason to believe that the local government owned monopoly will be more efficient or more effectively managed. It could be, but not necessarily. These 'grass is greener on the other side' type referendums are difficult if they don't really capture the issue. The 'root cause' is the single point of access and we could all feasibly use more intelligent laws there. They tried that 20 years ago with the concept of 'CLEC' and there were all sorts of laws put in place, it didn't work out very well. There may be other opportunities. For example, it may be possible to make the 'last mile' the responsibility of the city or county, to the point wherein they get the wiring to a proper exchange where there's compeitition. Then if people want fiber to the home, they can pay for it themselves kind of thing.