Great moments in the internet service industry.

Nobody will sell fiber internet to DNA Lounge. But it turns out that the condo building next-door-plus-one has Google Fiber. So I got our neighbor who lives there to put us in touch with their service...
https://jwz.org/b/yktW

@jwz

It sounds stupid, but you can thank big telcos for that.
The way the law is written means anyone running cable from the address becomes a "data carriage" and it's regulated how THEY deal with that entity.

System works as intended...bribery enshrined in legislation.

@n_dimension Your theory of "Big Bad Telco Keeping Little Guy Down" doesn't track when the Little Guy In Question is Google.

@jwz

Back in the day (and this does sound like an old tale) companies paid lip service to regulation..
...there's usually a reason for madness