> Of course, we would have liked to bring our great products to new cities

Too bad they can't/won't just enter those cities and compete anyway.

Exactly. If you want so badly to bring your services to those markets, why not just bring your services to those markets? Why not challenge the inherently monopolistic nature of cable franchise agreements in court? Why not prove to your market that you are a superior competitor?

They didn't say they would have liked to compete.

They'd just have liked to enjoy the same market power in those cities that they enjoy in their current markets.