Isn’t most Virginia governance at the county level?

I live in NY, and each town or city gets to negotiate franchise agreements that always favor the telcos. You have to wield a big stick with these companies, who divide and conquer.

In my cities case, in exchange for some bullshit (public access tv and filming equipment for the high school) gave Spectrum an exclusive contract for TV.

So Verizon brought FIOS to every town around us, and we’re stuck in the internet ghetto.