[_bxg1]

A big part of the point is that almost nobody has any options. If there were room for real competition in the space, regulation might not be necessary. Part of the barrier of entry is inherent: building infrastructure is hard. But part of it has been artificially constructed by the existing players through lobbying: https://www.wired.com/2016/09/utility-poles-important-future...

[dmritard96]

yeap. I'm lucky enough to have options in Berkeley, but where I lived in the past, there was only ATT and Comcast...