> The twin threats of not needing to make profits and being able to write rules in their favor make municipal ISPs 'impossible' to compete with fairly or effect

> The twin threats of not needing to make profits and being able to write rules in their favor make municipal ISPs 'impossible' to compete with fairly or effectively. Ironically, the very fact that this bill is succeeding is proof that the municipal providers do not have the ability to write the rules in their favor, but the "private" telco monopolies very much do.