> Freedom of information acts are for shedding light on government acts and activities. What your neighbour is doing is neither, so the request wouldn't be gran

> Freedom of information acts are for shedding light on government acts and activities. What your neighbour is doing is neither, so the request wouldn't be granted. That's not exactly true. FOIA requirements often make the records of government entities subject to public release, and if a government entity is running an ISP, it's not clear that records that include sensitive information about their customers would necessarily be excluded. Lots of information about housing, land ownership, vehicle ownership, among many other things, is indeed public record, and includes a lot of PII. I just don't understand the fascination with government-run ISPs. If it was economically feasible for a municipal government to run an ISP, why not just organize a community non-profit to do it instead, and avoid all of the pitfalls of mixing politics -- with both its peculiar incentives and unique constraints -- with service provision?