I think you're mistaking the word "competition" for "oligopoly." Let me introduce you to 99% of the broadband market, their names are Verizon, Comcast, and AT&

I think you're mistaking the word "competition" for "oligopoly." Let me introduce you to 99% of the broadband market, their names are Verizon, Comcast, and AT&T. By the way, they don't let municipalities build their own infrastructures. It's "anti-competitive." Any company that is profitable enough is acquired, otherwise they will charge you an arm and leg just to use their cables. The focus on "wealthy" neighborhoods is called redlining. These three guys I just introduced you to don't care about poor people. They only want to charge as high a price as possible for the people who can afford it. They're not too worried about actually building a good network (ie fiber optics, instead of their 100-year old coaxial cables designed for telephones). Just thought I'd chime in and clarify that.