Here in Wilmington, they can't get the buses to run within 30 minutes of scheduled time. I don't even want to imagine what the municipal internet would be like.
Saw this elsewhere today. Speedtest result from Chattanooga:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/3637087466.png
Every private corporation that ever took a tax abatement, subsidy, or other government incentive is also "taxpayer funded."