It's just not practical to dig up an entire cities worth of streets to lay a second transmission line. You are legally allowed to compete with the cable co and

It's just not practical to dig up an entire cities worth of streets to lay a second transmission line. You are legally allowed to compete with the cable co and telephone co. But it's rarely attempted because it's not profitable. They already have a network, building one is very expensive. Competition is actually our problem. In countries with only 1 telecom choice, the government regulates it. It often lets ISPs pay to rent the transmission line that the telecom owns.^1 Instead America lets the cable company compete against the telephone company and we get two poor choices. If you want nationwide fiber? Give ATT and Verizon their monopoly on ISP lastmile networks, but force them to lease your line to indie ISPs. Just calling for more competition sounds like a good idea, but it won't work. ^1you can actually do this now for DSL in America.