Another case of the government intervention in the free market hurting the consumers, since large corporations will always be better than consumers at hijacking the legislative&#x2F;legal system to their benefits.<p>If you have the only poles in town (because the local government said there is only enough space for one pole line) then you have effective monopoly over lined communication.<p>The solution to this of course is Georgian rent over space, in this case a rent over the only space in town that poles are allowed to be erected, which would be quite expensive, thus making their monopoly position untenable.