Tell me you haven’t read the article without telling me you haven’t read the article. This article is talking about something that was created 15 years ago. So

Tell me you haven’t read the article without telling me you haven’t read the article. This article is talking about something that was created 15 years ago. So your “come back to me in 10 years” comment is 5 years too late. And turns out if it wasn’t late it would have been dead wrong. You have fully failed to understand the concept that is described here, which is still private internet service, with the government simply providing the open access infrastructure. Also, thanks to the open access concept the customers have a choice between what appears to be 18 different ISPs. I doubt there’s a single other area in the U.S. that provides that much choice.