Don’t Blame Big Cable. It’s Local Governments That Choke Broadband Competition | WIRED

Don’t Blame Big Cable. It’s Local Governments That Choke Broadband Competition | WIRED
"...But ‘open access’ really means promoting easy, inexpensive and open access to publicly owned rights-of-way. 
Because broadband competition can work — if localities would just get out of the way.
...This is the best kind of public-private partnership: By removing regulatory barriers, local governments can let the private sector deploy broadband. 
That’s far better than borrowing money (which taxpayers will eventually have to repay) to build lumbering public broadband utilities that have no incentive to keep costs down.
What if local governments lower barriers for some competitors — like Google or their own public utility service — but not others?
Furthermore, by granting open access to their rights-of-way, local governments can drive competition and innovation in broadband infrastructure overall.
...Local governments have become used to thinking of rights-of-way as revenue streams..."
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