What's funny is that now the incumbents have the monopoly (paid for using taxpayer money) they're pushing to prevent new competitors like Google fiber from work

What's funny is that now the incumbents have the monopoly (paid for using taxpayer money) they're pushing to prevent new competitors like Google fiber from working with the municipalities at all: http://consumerist.com/2014/01/30/kansas-legislature-wants-to-stop-any-other-kansas-cities-from-getting-google-fiber/ http://consumerist.com/2014/01/30/kansas-legislature-wants-t...