There's little doubt (in my mind anyway) that the best model for connectivity to the home is for the homeowner to own either directly or though his local municipal government, the "last mile" - the connection from the house to a neighborhood aggregation point. The current scheme which has the link to the home being owned by the phone company or cable company cuts the competition significantly for your communications dollar and locks you into limited options. Imagine having a fiber or high speed copper connection connected into a central point that allows connection to a smorgasboard of telephone, cable, and internet options, all competing for your business.
ars technica has an interesting article up on this about just such a project in Ottawa. It will be met with resistance from the established corporations and it'll be interesting to see if that resistance can be overcome.
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