This is an awesome list. :)

When 62 percent of Americans say their electricity or gas bills have increased in the past year and 80 percent feel powerless to control their utility costs, we should not fear the idea of expanding rural broadband as a public utility.

~ James Carville

He misses the mark on utility costs, as "expanding rural broadband" is not going to do one thing to fix the problem of sky-high electricity bills, but even so it's a remarkable paragraph for James Carville to have written.

But "expanding rural broadband as a public utility" definitely can directly lower the cost of utilities because there are far too many rural areas with low population density wherein private ISPs (Internet Service Providers) face very high infrastructure costs, which all too often results in monopolies (or duopolies) charging higher prices to Americans in rural areas. Municipal networks owned by public utilities increases competition and drives down the cost of utilities because no more monopolies.

So, to recap: Publicly/community-owned networks generally charge less than private ones with monopolies in rural areas... all across America.

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