Comment Re:Lift the gag order first... (Score 1) 550
I've lived in Los Angeles all my life, sport. There are infinite ways to exclude someone from business in my city if the city council wants to do it. And they've been bribed to do it.
Did you fail to see my posting where I pointed out that, since 2006, municipalities don't control franchising agreements? Living somewhere doesn't make you knowledgeable about state laws, apparently.
But let's address your first point, even if it were true:
There are no exclusive franchise agreements preventing this.
There are actually. They don't permit ISPs from operating unless they agree to provide access to the whole city. You can't just provide access to one part of a city and not the rest. This prices smaller operations out of the market by default.
Requiring coverage across all of a city is not the same as an exclusive franchise agreement. Your point is irrelevant.