America tires of big telecom’s shit, driving boom in community-owned broadband networks::For decades, frustrated towns and cities all over the country have responded to telecom market failure by building their own fiber broadband networks. Data routinely shows that not only do these networks provide faster, better, and cheaper service, the networks are generally more accountable to the public — because they’re directly owned and staffed by locals…
Some places have preemptively outlawed doing this.
Municipal Broadband 2023: 16 States Still Restrict Community Broadband. Almost a third of states have restrictions in place currently.