T-Mobile&#x27;s product is a move into creating a &quot;wireless cable&quot; company. In the long run, it&#x27;s going to be cheaper to compete across many local markets by building towers than running last mile wires and contracting fleets of service technician vans.<p>In the US, the fact that most regulation is at the Federal level, implies that such a move will be relatively unconstrained by local governments and less burdened by franchise fees and right of way agreements and negotiations with power companies for stringing wires on poles. I suspect that regulations requiring big carriers to provide access on their networks and access to their exchanges may be another advantage, but I&#x27;m not a telecom lawyer.<p>It&#x27;s probably a necessary move as video increasingly dominates bandwidth consumption. And my experience is that competition in the cable market tends to lead to better service.<p>I&#x27;m not really sure this is a bigger affront to net neutrality than some CDN delivering stale content or Google and Bing customizing my search results. It&#x27;s just that we&#x27;ve come to accept those things and tend to heap hate on cable company business practices.