User: ElderDaemon

Their own petard

On: Cities Building Own Fiber Networks

"We strongly oppose the UTOPIA initiative," said Vince Hancock, a spokesman for Qwest. "Our position is that the government should not get into the telecom business. They shouldn't be providing services in an industry that they have a hand in regulating."(emphasis mine)

I agree with Mr. Hancock; telecom companies should stop offering services in an industry they have a hand in regulating through their campaign contributions, and considerable authorship of bills at the local, state and federal level. Or they could stop demanding to write the regulations they have to live under, but don't count on that.