Should Cities Offer WiFi?

Looks like Verizon is trying to save face in Philadelphia and still leave room to act in its own self-inteest;although as opined by an attorney, this is an area for legislatures and not Verizon to consider what municipalities can do...granting any single corporate player, especially where competition for broadband is real, the right to prevent anyone or any entity, public or private, from entering the market, makes no sense to me under any economic or coummincations policy..