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He's prob not reading the topic anymore but
VintageGin posted...

I actually couldn't find any good examples of this, which is why I asked. Maybe I wasn't searching for the right things.

This article is badly written but it pulls together a good amount of examples, and sources for how fees and regulations multiply the cost of building a local network way more than it should be
https://www.wired.com/2013/07/we-need-to-stop-focusing-on-just-cable-companies-and-blame-local-government-for-dismal-broadband-competition/

What the article is missing is that the FCC does have ultimate control over the city's internet regulations, under Title II. This is seen in places where the FCC forced cities to change their limits and last mile policies (ex: https://gizmodo.com/fcc-just-overruled-the-state-laws-that-blocked-municipa-1688200941) in certain cases (lobbying). That is what everyone wanted with Title II and for some reason they never thought about how just 5 dudes at the FCC having power over all this stuff could ever be a bad idea. Even after the net neutrality vote no one thinks the problem is that there's just 5 dudes in control, just that those dudes don't agree with them.
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