Just look at how well this works out for every town trying to set up its own broadband when Comcast and others fail to invest. Lawsuits raining down for every possible reason, shared public resources blocked for months, misinformation campaigns to convince people that public broadband is a waste of their money and anyone involved in it should be kicked from their office.

Its like competing in a five hundred meter sprint if the winner of the last twenty races had a shotgun. His time sucks, but he doesn't need to actually run as long as nobody else makes it to the finishing line.