The politicians are paid off by big Telcos looking at you ComcastNbcUniversal. So much so cities and suburbs have laws on their books that they deal with only a single internet provider. Politicians and their empty talk of ‘competing with other countries in terms of technology infrastructure’.

The East also has this:

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/45/eb/48/45eb48b4c51715abecdf...

Somewhere in the middle is probably a happy medium.

Yup that's capitalism and LACK of regulatory authority :-)

That’s an example of government failure, not a failure of capitalism. The government is banning the easy installation from competitors.

And who is it that lobbies the government for favorable laws and treatment?

Almost like we... Live under a system that rewards and encourages that behavior.

Cronyism exists in all political systems. Doesn't matter whether it is a monarchy, dictatorship, socialist democracy, federal republic - it's always a concern.

But, cronyism is not capitalism. It's actually a subversion of capitalism.