+1. the local municipal governments are actually ideal for helping to offset the costs, because generally, they get to sink the costs to build their infrastructure to begin with. And frankly, if you are running fiber, you run as much dark fiber capacity as you can get away with, because that’s future proofing. However, that’s what the telcos and cable companies are fighting against, which IMHO is detrimental in the long run. (Example: Chattanooga’s city government owns and operates an internet service for it’s citizens.)
My city, for example, provides water, sewer, trash, and natural gas service on one bill, whereas the last house I was at had seperate bills for three of those services.
