the unevenness of the level of detail in the story, especially the part at the end, is my fault. I did indeed gloss over it. You have in some senses an unreliable narrator, because I was not privy to what went on with the Municipal Light Plant decisions once the Broadband committee was dissolved and so cant go into as much detail. But my best guess here is that we got renewed interest from the cable companies once the poles were done (the poles had to be done, no matter what approach we took), and then when unrelated issues with the chosen build contractor came up, the Municipal Light Plant decided to go the private route. The makeup of that body was different that the Broadband committee, and maybe prioritized the cost/benefit of going the municipal route differently than us.