It astounds me we have some blatant examples of a broken system (ie nationalISPs) juxtaposed with many working examples (ie municipal broadband) and yet the FCC

It astounds me we have some blatant examples of a broken system (ie nationalISPs) juxtaposed with many working examples (ie municipal broadband) and yet the FCC and the government just scratch their heads in confusion. More accurately, national ISPs have used their profits to erect legislative and regulatory barriers to competition such as states banning municipal broadband. All of this is textbook capitalism: Enclosures and wealth extraction from workers to capital owners. Municipal broadband is a textbook example of the workers (ie the town residents) owning the means of production being better for everyone except the capital owners. Yet as soon as you mention "capitalism" in a negative light people just shut down and reject any argument to defend a system they don't really understand that is exploiting them for profit. In the very least, ISPs should be regulated as utilities. But that's still a bandaid solution.