“…Kaman (1993) notes that previous infrastructure development (electrification, the interstate highway system) often left significant populations underserved (rural dwellers in the case of initial electrification, inner city dwellers in the case of interstate highways). Williams and Pavlik (1994) state that historically, public access to private systems has required some form of regulation, suggesting as many Information Gap theorists do that market mechanisms alone are not sufficient to provide for the public interest.…”