[ngngngng]

I disagree, I am a customer of a unique not quite municipal network called Utopia. I pay Utopia a monthly fee for my dedicated fiber connection, and I have about 10 ISPs to choose from offering speeds of up to 10Gb/s. It feels like this model is spreading like wildfire here in Utah. I hope it catches on elsewhere.

[Wowfunhappy]

Discussions about monopolies aside, why do it this way? What service do the ISPs actually provide?

Wouldn't it make more sense for Utopia to just provide internet, given that they run and are directly charging you for the infrastructure?

[wmf]

That's fake competition. The fiber is still a natural monopoly and needs to be regulated to prevent the owner from imposing evil upon all the "competing" ISPs.