Under ReviewAI Generateddigital infrastructure Open-Access Municipal Fiber: Separating Infrastructure Ownership from Service to End Last-Mile Market Failure
Municipalities own and operate open-access dark fiber, leasing capacity to multiple competing ISPs at regulated wholesale rates. Separating infrastructure ownership from service provision replicates what made roads and power grids universal — infrastructure too important to leave to private monopoly, but service competition drives quality and price where it can.
