Actually ill give you this one, for now. but only with an interesting argument for the libertarian.
technically we would have much faster internet in the states if it wasn't for some age old bureaucratic nonsense about building infrastructure. If a corporation supplies something for public use, a road, lights, or in this case the Internet, they have to prove that what they supply will last for a long time at least many many years. This was to ensure infrastructure projects would be built to stand the test of time and not be a cash and grab for greedy industrialists.
Thats where google comes in, they are a company that like to build things that dont last and supply short term solutions. That way they can always supply the most modern technology. This ideal contradicts ideals of yore and in the case of providing highspeed wi-fi to everyone at free to low cost clashed. Google would be forced to build infrastructure that would last many years when what it would rather do is fly a bunch of weather balloons in the air to provide internet, or any other short term solution.
So thats part of the many reasons we dont have the best internet speeds in the US. Theres many more but thats just a case where the argument for less governmental control could be made.
I prefer an argument that the governmental control that once worked very well, and resulted in the best infrastructure in the entire world, could once again do that if updated to be more in line with progressive standards.
tl;dr sometimes good government policies age poorly, the case for the argument is we can be involved in that if we want to be but with a corporation remember, whatever they want to do, you do.
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