“And, even better, the city insists I’ll pay $49.95 forever.”
Comcast charged him $150 a month for 100Mbps and usually delivered about 30. Longmont’s city network sold him gigabit for $49.95. In 2005 Comcast and CenturyLink got Colorado to ban cities from building their own networks. When a monopoly lobbies to outlaw competition, it is telling you what its prices are worth.