This is illegal competition. Cable companies already won that battle in court. That is why we have expensive nigger tier internet. Cities are not allowed to run their own ISPs.
I don't understand the the concept of illegal except as it relates to us deplorables. Practically everything is illegal for us, while nothing is illegal... well, the word is meaningless as it relates to the kleptocracy/criminals.
Put another way, just because something is supposed to be illegal has no ramifications. In fact, for us, in spite of doing things legally, we will be prosecuted as if we did something illegal.
That holds true until you start fighting back. Eventually you expose the double standards too much and it undermines their authority. There needs to be a perception of fairness in the courts by a majority of people. Otherwise people start becoming ungovernable.
That is only partially true in some states. There are plenty of municipal owned ISP's in the us.
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