"The existing networks weren't initially built by governments, they were built by private entrepreneurs and then nationalized." This is simply not true in many

"The existing networks weren't initially built by governments, they were built by private entrepreneurs and then nationalized." This is simply not true in many cases, and the Rural Electrification program is Exhibit A, isn't it? Exhibit B is the national freeway system. The takeover of the government-built Hetch Hetchey to CA power grid by PG&E is exhibit C, granted a complicated story: https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/293699-a-hundred-years-of-controversy https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/293699-a-hundred-years... Certainly the private sector has a role to play, i.e. the production of water pipe itself is a competitive business, so is the production of fiber optic cable, and of tools and equipment - but the systems themselves should never be privately owned.