Shrihari Pandit, CEO of New York City-area fiber ISP Stealth Communications, argued the creation of an open access conduit system across the U.S. could help spur broadband competition by lowering barriers to entry for new players, but analysts weren’t sold on the idea.

In an interview with Fierce, Pandit pitched the construction of a conduit highway akin to the Interstate, which would allow fiber to be more easily run between cities and towns. The CEO stressed the government should only be responsible for building the conduits and not for running fiber or other lines, leaving decisions about what technology to use up to providers.