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Re:Google Fiber Was Doomed from the Start by mjevans on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @04:41PM (#13879577)
I think you've got your categories wrong and very selectively chosen.

  * Water / Sewer: Regulated OR 'off grid' (EG: well + septic field)
  * Roads: Local roads always regulated (taxpayer provided)
  * Hospital: Many areas only have one, denser areas may have a small handful; in an emergency you don't choose.
  * Electricity: Regulated (Possibly a choice of generation providers, usually never a choice of 'line transmission' providers.)
  * Natural Gas: Regulated, one provider.
  * Schools: Regulated, there's a basic default option.
  * Police: Regulated, there's a basic default option.
  * Fire: Regulated, there's a basic default option.
  * 'Emergency': Your 911 call goes to one place* (for a source area)
  * Data: Many municipalities have //regulated// a monopoly (sometimes a duopoly)
          Yet they don't regulate the performance of that monopoly sufficiently.

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