> because of the part on how local phone rates went up when AT&T was broken up. Isn't that caused by the "last mile" problem? Even with the split there was al

> because of the part on how local phone rates went up when AT&T was broken up. Isn't that caused by the "last mile" problem? Even with the split there was always only one company in control of local infrastructure and from what I understand they could even block newcomers from installing their own, citing concerns over possible service interuptions and various kinds of interference. I think Google Fibre even went through several experimental ways to get its infrastructure in place just so it could avoid dealing with any of that.