On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 12:45:15PM -0700, Dave Taht wrote:
> I didn't make any points about competitiveness either; that was robert's piece.
> 
> For the record:
> 
> I oppose the time warner merger, and also oppose rules and regulations
> that prevent municipalities from running their own fiber and allowing
> providers to compete on top of it. In fact I strongly, strongly favor
> the latter. I came very close to writing a letter to the FCC on that,
> but didn't.

Well, some people in the US are doing just that:

  http://muninetworks.org/
  http://muninetworks.org/communitymap


And elsewhere, too:

  https://www.diyisp.org/