In many cases, comparing prices between community broadband and telecom providers was hard because the telecom plans were too slow to compare (though more expensive) https://twitter.com/yaso/status/953267301872218112…
Imagine if your bottle of milk came with a contract that made it illegal for you to check if it were fresh or spoiled. That's what telcos do with your internet
There is a lot of corruption in the telecom industry. Does anyone remember when the government gave AT&T billions to expand fiber and they basically did nothing? Also we have regulatory capture within the FCC (net neutrality bill). This is damaging our country's comm backbone.