Toronto's mayor demands an end to competition for fast, affordable broadband

[Ministry]

Toronto really has a problem with mayors, doesn’t it…?

@Medievalist

In the USA (don’t know about other countries) the critical long-distance infrastructure that the big telcos use to generate profits was built with tax dollars and government-mandated fees.

I think that’s the case here in the UK; British Telecom was privatised from the General Post Office, but I’m not sure whether that’s too long ago to be meaningful - does the modern network still use pre-1981 infrastructure?