>So yes, most people have given others the right to tear up their yard To one cable company, one electrical utility, one telephone company, and to the local go

>So yes, most people have given others the right to tear up their yard To one cable company, one electrical utility, one telephone company, and to the local government-run water and sewage monopolies. Not to fifty startups. A situation with a "genuinely competitive bid process" is a government-granted monopoly granted based on better criteria, and would certainly benefit consumers. It's still not a free market, which is my point: nobody actually wants a completely free market for last-mile utilities.