The most charitable interpretation for support of municipal broadband bans is that municipalities have a natural monopoly over rights of way and telecom install

The most charitable interpretation for support of municipal broadband bans is that municipalities have a natural monopoly over rights of way and telecom installation that private companies can't compete against. Not totally unfair, but the better protection is requiring municipalities lease access to last mile lines at fair rates rather than banning them from participating in the laying of lines. I also highly doubt anyone supporting this bill is actually concerned about monopolies, since if they were they'd also be banning the non-competition between telecom companies that has municipalities considering their own broadband in the first place.