> Municipal broadband is a government handout. It artificially lowers prices. prices are artificially high due to pseudo or actual monopolies in part due to ex

> Municipal broadband is a government handout. It artificially lowers prices. prices are artificially high due to pseudo or actual monopolies in part due to existing regulation and prohibitive costs. internet is effectively a utility anyways so cheaper is better. - Municipal broadband expands the role of government. It's an extra program for the municipality to manage. not necessarily a bad thing - Expanding government programs is a tax on residents, even if they don't benefit from broadband access. a large majority of residents use internet in most of the USA. either way, removing the right for a community to choose seems heavy handed and anti-libertarian to me - Municipal broadband is hostile to business. Companies cannot reasonably compete with a service that the government pumps money into. does everything have to be exploitable for profit??