08-16-2012, 11:14 PM
We had a nearby community (Monticello, MN.) install FiOS because the cable provider(s) weren't providing needed service. That spurred the local providers to go full-court against a municipal system, going all the way to the state supreme court. The municipality even stopped payment on its bonds because litigation meant they couldn't complete the project and begin getting revenue. We might as well be living in a third world country the way we get Internet.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/...d-network/
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/...d-network/