I disagree.<p>I&#x27;ve seen firsthand the huge investment it takes to wire a neighborhood with underground fiber. A small company cannot do it. Okay, so what?<p>Google is offering free internet forever for a one time $300 construction fee which you can pay off over the course of a year. I&#x27;m buying gigabit plus premium TV package, 2TB 8-tuner DVR, etc, and my costs will be halved for a massively better product. If this is oligopoly, bring it on.<p>With state created monopolies, prices rise and quality stagnates or falls. I don&#x27;t know anyone who would dispute that. But these so-called oligopolies constantly innovate and drive prices down and quality up. Apple is part of an oligopoly as are many other darling tech companies. The constantly innovate and drop prices. Even in the days of the so-called robber barons it was so. Standard Oil controlled 90% of the oil market for about 10 years, during which time the price of a barrel of kerosene fell something like 300%. [1]<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;tomwoods.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;beware-the-robber-barons-and-more-tales-of-capitalism&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;tomwoods.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;beware-the-robber-barons-and-more-t...</a>