As I pointed out in my earlier post, I don&#x27;t agree that fiber cables are anything like roads (or sewage, for that matter). &quot;Infrastructure&quot; means many things, and it&#x27;s certainly not obvious that the same solution is the best for all.<p><i>My point was actually that when the inherently monopolistic aspect is factored out the free market can flourish. This is how it works in Europe.</i><p>I live in a Western European country. This is not how it works here. ISPs own their own cables. Yet I have four of them offering me service, four of them over fiber, but also cable, DSL and 4G. Yes, it&#x27;s expensive. Many private investments are, yet they still get made. Yes, it&#x27;s redundant. Reliability depends on it.<p>From what I&#x27;ve read, our situation is hardly atypical, as private installation seems to be the case in Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Moldova, Slovakia and others.<p>The US case, on the other hand, it&#x27;s hardly representative of a free market, and your problems can not be attribute to it.