content: Google needs access to "telephone" poles to install their fiber. Who controls that access? It's often a contract between the cable company, the local utility, the local government, and the state Commission (called something different everywhere, eg in CA it's the PUC). If the local government decides they want to build their own high speed internet, they can. They have a right to the poles and can work with the utility and state Commission to make it happen in their jurisdiction. This is happening in many cities, but takes time and resources.