just start a company and do it yourselves. Do I recall incumbent providers lobbying to ensure that competition be forbidden, so that they can continue to charg

just start a company and do it yourselves. Do I recall incumbent providers lobbying to ensure that competition be forbidden, so that they can continue to charge a lot for bad service? I think at least a couple of years ago, 16 US states had banned community internet at the behest of Comcast and chums. I suppose that municipal broadband being banned at the behest of incumbent monopolies and duopolies isn't quite outright banning competition; just making it a lot harder to do.