Government ownership of roadways is rifewithproblems, to be sure, but the case for government-operated roads is much stronger than that for government-operated last mile fiber connections.
Another debacle, this time involving DNA testing: Josiah Sutton served four and a half years for rape after the Houston Crime Lab tied him to crime-scene DNA. The lab was later found to be rifewithproblems, including a leaky roof that let rainwater contaminate evidence.