Do you really want government "competing", keeping ie Google fiber out while they offer up government service that works as well as Congress does, with DMV style customer service, and healthcare.gov quality?
Local government does a damned good job of running the city-owned electrical infrastructure and generation here. Lowest rates in the state, best uptime, best customer service. And it damned well better stay that way or the Mayor and city council get voted out of office.
So tell me, how can you alone possibly affect Comcast or Google? YOU CAN'T. OTOH, if your local government is running it, YOU HAVE A SAY.
Oh, as to the DMV, that's what you get when you vote people into office who think government is always the problem and never the solution. The DMV here in Illinois has been fast and courteous, although I can see where you might have shitty service somewhere like Texas, Florida, or Indiana since they're run by right-wing nuts who WANT government to fail and want people to hate their government (I used to live in Florida, their DMV is horrendous, like one would expect from a red state).
You're a fool. Your politicians have pulled the wool over your eyes.