And if municipal ISPs weren't more efficient than the corporate conglomerates you'd have a point, but the fact is that municipal ISPs have been found to provide cheaper and higher quality service than than the corporate ISPs, quite simply because there isn't a profit motive beyond breaking even. This is why Comcast, Time-Warner and the rest are pressuring state legislatures to ban municipal ISPs.[0]

[0] http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/09/muni-i...