For so many people living in rural or low-income city neighborhoods, access to high-speed fiber-fed broadband would be a game changer. Jobs are going remote, school is taught at a distance, and broadband is opening the door to telemedicine, reducing the need for trips to the doctor, but many people across the country still have no access to these options. After the pandemic hit, local governments rushed to step in to broaden internet access in rural and less affluent city neighborhoods, but unfortunately, in 18 U.S. states, legal restrictions still make establishing municipal broadband prohibitively difficult.