Fiber internet was installed in my parent&#x27;s neighborhood a few months ago. It involved multiple crews digging trenches through EVERYONE&#x27;s backyard, taking more than a month to complete. I don&#x27;t know where they run multiple cables down the same pipe, but it certainly isn&#x27;t where my parents live.<p>Back to the original point, somehow or another, people managed to get water before the City of Flint decided it was something they needed to control. The City did not come into being because the City Government had started providing water.<p>Furthermore, the citizens of Flint right now are being forced to pay for water that they can&#x27;t use, because it is part of their city utility bills. They can&#x27;t refuse service, unlike a natural monopoly where the customer could still refuse to purchase the product if it wasn&#x27;t sufficient to meet his or her needs. This is the worst part of a government monopoly, and the risk we all face when the government fails to provide a service it has promised us.