Even more: Verizon et al have built the backbones on public land with public subsidies. They didn't even pay for the costs of building the backbones. They didn'

Even more: Verizon et al have built the backbones on public land with public subsidies. They didn't even pay for the costs of building the backbones. They didn't pay anything back to the government in 20 years. Now they want to claim that the backbone is 'theirs'.