[gojomo]

"Last-mile" broadband need-not be a 'national' issue except to the extent national politicians want to grandstand about it.

The options at every location are different... from city-to-city and even block-to-block. Some local broadband markets are competitive; others aren't. Creating options requires specific locally-adapted work – new wires, new antennas, new hardware. Three regulators signing-into-law new regulations adds no capacity, only new constraints on the people doing the real work.

One set of national service-shaping rules for all, because some localities have limited choices, is an overreach that doesn't match the problem.