[erikerikson]

In Kitsap county the municipality owned lines can be used via a service contract with any number of service providers. Kinda a monopoly and kinda not.

[kergonath]

That is the right way of doing it. It does not make any sense to have 3 companies building last-mile infrastructure in a neighbourhood, but you can have multiple service providers competing and using the same cables. But then, public oversight on the de-facto infrastructure monopoly is critical.

[deathanatos]

… so it's another Chattanooga. These are highly exceptional cases, compared to most of the nation.

(They seem to work well, from what I've read of them.)