Ting announced planned service in my neighborhood a few years ago (So Cal) and started micro-trenching about a year later. Surprisingly our local ATT service announced fiber upgrades (replacing slow copper DSL) soon after and started pulling new cables overhead (we still have utility poles.) Whether coincidental or not the 50x speed upgrade was appreciated.
Are any government entites looking at this at all? You can't just run a cartel and once a competitor comes along suddenly the service changes to squeeze the newcomer out?
Other options are COX and Verizon 5G -- but they all keep their plans relatively the same speed/price 2-year deals. So now we have 4 broadband options, each with similar offerings and price. However, none of the service providers undercut the others in a price war...
I've been on Ting fiber for almost two years in Centennial, CO. It is so much better then the incumbents... (Xfinity and Centurylink (now Lumen, also put in fiber over a year later)
Sadly, ting.com does not provide service in any towns in Texas.