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Re:Ohio GOP ends attempt to ban municipal broadband after pr... by throwawayboise on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @07:32PM (#27683126)
" It was not economical 20+ years ago for there to be more than one physical cable or telephone provider in an area. "

It was(is) more than that. Those companies were granted a franchise/local monopoly on providing the service. By law, nobody could compete with them, whether it was economically possible or not.

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Re:Ohio GOP ends attempt to ban municipal broadband after pr... by dominotw on Thursday July 01, 2021 @10:56AM (#27699648)
> By law, nobody could compete with them, whether it was economically possible or not.

Why not just fix that law now though. OP is stating that it is a profitable business. If they fix that law wouldn't there be new entrants, fixing original problem.

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