Originally Posted by
tmiw
Many cities have at least two ISPs but if they're anything like where I live, only one (likely the cable one) is anything close to reasonable speed-wise. Plus, many states make it difficult to impossible for local communities to start their own ISPs, which doesn't help.
Correct. For the large majority of people, the options are cable or really slow DSL. Some are lucky enough to have a telco that has fiber, or a 3rd option, or local municipal wifi, etc. Just look at how the current ISPs have lobbied cities to fight Google Fiber to the point that they gave up. The city should have no say in that.