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This is America being America.
In almost every other country in the world, the utilities are built and regulated by the state (or in the UK built by a business to be owned and regulated by the state).
In America your ISP has way more freedom than an ISP in the UK. Freedom to screw over consumers.
I'm not surprised a progressive ISP like Google Fiber failed in "land of the free" capitalist dystopian USA.