Xfinity is Comcast which I don't think has much connection to the Baby Bells or ...

darthwalsh · on April 18, 2025

Too bad we can't treat laying cable as a public utility, then multiple companies could use the same infrastructure to compete.

Instead we ended up paying for dark fiber with companies having no incentive to use it.

rtkwe · on April 18, 2025

There are some towns trying to do that but it's being viciously fought by the cable companies who love their little seminatural monopolies.