You may take it one step further. You don't have to take it very many steps further and have a rule that says if you treat it as a utility and everyone can ride on the same network, or use the same network to compete, you lose all the benefits of resiliency and redundancy, which are so important in this day and age. Imagine having only one network connecting a community and that network goes down, or that network is attacked. You want redundancy, you want the competing networks. That's what makes speed, that's what improves speed, that's what lowers prices, that's what connects more and more communities across the country. It's so important.
On March 18th, 2024. See this statement in context.