[vel0city]

> First, foster competition.

What are you imagining, a dozen companies constantly tearing up the streets to lay down yet another run of fiber to everyone's homes?

Once you get to a certain density, things like 5G or Starlink or whatever aren't going to scale. It doesn't make capital sense to have a bunch of companies run practically identical lines to every home.

[toast0]

Line sharing / unbundling / open access, whatever you want to call it is the way for this to work. Ideally, separate companies for last mile access and IP transit.

Drop the customer traffic off somewhere in the region, and let 3rd party ISPs pick it up from there.

[vel0city]

Its almost like modern ISPs are telecommunications providers instead of information services.

Nah, that can't be right.