American capitalism let private companies run some co-axial wires to our houses, which was a big capital investment for sure but not that big, and then we let t

American capitalism let private companies run some co-axial wires to our houses, which was a big capital investment for sure but not that big, and then we let them milk us for the privilege for the next 60 years. We've probably paid for it 1000 times over now. If the government just laid the wires as a public utility, as wasteful as the government is, it wouldn't be this bad.