The logic would be funny if it wasn&#x27;t sad. The government creates a monopoly (AT&amp;T). That company uses that power and money accumulated through decades to extend its reach into the cable system (current &quot;Comcast&quot; is actually the merger of a medium provider with AT&amp;T Broadband, which held dozens of millions of cable subscribers). Then that is used to show that a government monopoly is needed.<p>Maybe you could actually decide to try a free market before declaring it a failure?