” If you wish to spend the money to build cable plant, and you agree to the terms of the agreement with licensing agency, you too can build a cable system.”
What nonsense. You can’t tunnel under public streets. You can’t connect to people’s houses via public power poles, etc.
You can build all the hydroelectric dams you want, but you’re not going to be allowed to connect your water to people’s houses and compete with the local water company.
Cable is, by necessity, a PUBLIC enterprise, not private.
Bullshit.
Go read your local cable franchise. There are examples after examples where a large cable company came in and built over a smaller company because they could not deliver the same technology.
The franchise agreement is what gives you the “right” to dig in the streets. If you wish to attach to a pole, you are not dealing with any municipality (unless they own the Electric) you are dealing with a private electric or phone company. You can absolutely rent space from them, if there is space available.
Just because it is expensive and complicated doesn’t mean you cannot do it.
You should do some reading before you post silly things.