>and often have unfair advantages that block market competition I don't care. I don't care about the market. Let me say it again: I don't care about the market

>and often have unfair advantages that block market competition I don't care. I don't care about the market. Let me say it again: I don't care about the market. There should be no inherent right to profit off of critical infrastructure in this country. Water, power and Internet are important enough to society that they should be regulated like a government entity, if not being one outright. Infrastructure like running thousands of miles of power poles, digging trenches for fiber, or laying water and sewer pipes is not a place for disruptive startups or fierce open-market competition. They're natural monopolies. Should cities allow private ISPs to run fiber in public rights-of-way or on power lines? Sure. Don't block it. I'm okay with that. But this idea of /stopping the government from providing essential services because megacorporations might lose money/ is outright immoral.