said by Andy from CA:said by iansltx:Telcos/cablecos have franchise agreements. It wouldn't just be an outrage. It would be illegal.
Exactly!I remember Verizon getting into legal hot water over this exact thing.
This is why Verizon stopped deploying FiOS. In New Jersey Verizon had to wire every hood in the state to get a state wide TV franchise. Very expensive and nobody signed up.
If towns gave Verizon the deal they gave Google FiOS would have been profitable.
The real butt kicker is when one signs up for Google Fiber one has to agree to the same TOS as if they were using Google Earth or Youtube. Google gets to watch every click you make and can use it any way they want.