End the Prohibition on Internet Provider Competition in Mountain View

Recent signers:
Ziqing He and 19 others have signed recently.

The Issue

Mountain View is a tech hub, yet our own City blocks modern internet by banning temporary utility poles, a standard, safe construction method used statewide for fiber deployment.

Nothing is stopping us from having fiber internet except the Government of the City of Mountain View

We can fix this!

Because of this single policy:

New fiber providers are prevented from entering the city
• 112 unsafe poles remain unfixed
• Residents are trapped with little to no competition
• Prices stay high and speeds stay low

This isn’t about aesthetics or safety. It’s a bureaucratic chokehold that protects incumbents and hurts residents.

We demand the City Council and Public Works:

  1. End the ban on temporary bypass poles
  2. Allow new fiber providers to build
  3. Stop blocking competition and modern infrastructure
     

Mountain View deserves real internet choice, and Government that works for us not against us. 

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Recent signers:
Ziqing He and 19 others have signed recently.

The Issue

Mountain View is a tech hub, yet our own City blocks modern internet by banning temporary utility poles, a standard, safe construction method used statewide for fiber deployment.

Nothing is stopping us from having fiber internet except the Government of the City of Mountain View

We can fix this!

Because of this single policy:

New fiber providers are prevented from entering the city
• 112 unsafe poles remain unfixed
• Residents are trapped with little to no competition
• Prices stay high and speeds stay low

This isn’t about aesthetics or safety. It’s a bureaucratic chokehold that protects incumbents and hurts residents.

We demand the City Council and Public Works:

  1. End the ban on temporary bypass poles
  2. Allow new fiber providers to build
  3. Stop blocking competition and modern infrastructure
     

Mountain View deserves real internet choice, and Government that works for us not against us. 

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The Decision Makers

Ellen Kamei
Mountain View City Council
Kimbra McCarthy
Kimbra McCarthy
City Manager, City of Mountain View
Jennifer Ng
Jennifer Ng
Public Works Director, City of Mountain View

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