Can someone help me understand how a public-private partnership with Gigabit Squared for fiber is different that a similar project with Comcast for coax? Will there be any deregulation of the fiber at any point in time (e.g. a sunset date) or is this just trading one company for another?
The result is different (because Gigabit Squared hasn't reached city-wide fiber monopoly yet), but the stage is set the same. This feels so much like history repeating itself. Wouldn't surprise me if people made the same argument in favor of Comcast over Southwestern Bell (or other local telco monopoly).
