Seattle citizens need better and more affordable Internet.

That’s the vibe from Seattle Mayor Ed Murray’s blog post this morning, in which he vows to improve Internet options and performance while securing “Seattle’s position as a leader in technology once again.”

Murray’s post does not detail how exactly the City will achieve better connectivity and more competition, but it certainly seems like the Mayor is keen on coming up with new strategies to increase the number of Internet providers and improve speed at the same time.

Murray, who took office in January, said that he knows of people who don’t need roads to get to work, but rather high speed Internet.

“Seattle would never leave the construction of roads up to a private monopoly, nor should we allow the City’s internet access to be constructed and managed by a private monopoly,” he wrote. “It is incredibly clear to me and residents throughout the City of Seattle, that the City’s current high speed internet options are not dependable enough, are cost prohibitive for many, and have few (if any) competitive options.”

Last year, Seattle partnered with a private company called Gigabit Squared, which planned to build out a city-wide high-speed network that would take advantage of the city’s unused dark fiber. Gigabit had even announced the initial pricing structure for its Internet service, offering gigabit speeds for around the same price per month as what Comcast charges for much slower 50 Mbps download/10 Mbps upload.

But the company failed to raise adequate funding for the network and instead left an unpaid bill of $52,250 as Seattle returned to square one.

Murray actually published a blog post about the state of Internet in Seattle in February, in which he argued against Comcast’s $45 billion purchase of Time Warner Cable. He also answered questions from the public on Reddit during the same week.

“While the City does not have the power to prevent Comcast’s $45 billion purchase of Time Warner, we can take steps to make sure competition is stronger in Seattle,” Murray wrote in the blog post. “One step will be to evaluate our City’s relationship with Comcast.”

Seattle has a franchise agreement with Comcast, the largest cable TV and high-speed Internet provider in town, that expires January 20, 2016. The city has already begun reviewing the relationship with Comcast and is now reaching out to the public for input.

“If we determine Comcast has not lived up to their obligations, the City of Seattle will not renew the franchise agreement,” Murray wrote.

[Related: Ed Murray: To infer that I’m some hack for Comcast doesn’t bear out the facts’]

While he avoids naming Comcast, Murray appears to reference the the company in today’s post:

Seattle needs a high speed internet infrastructure that meets the demands of our high tech industry and which allows our citizens to innovate without worrying about whether their connection will suddenly drop because their service provider has decided to throttle a service they depend on. We need an internet that does not censor communication, but fosters access to the content citizens depend on for information or civic engagement. We need a service provider that can do all of this with strict privacy controls so that free speech is encouraged, not stifled. In short, we need a high speed internet option that rivals any in the country.

As he told GeekWire back in February, Murray again noted today that he’s supportive of turning Internet into a public utility paid for by taxpayer money. It’s a strategy that former mayor Mike McGinn also talked about at the end of his term last year.

“We may learn that the only way we can truly have the internet system this City needs, is by building it ourselves,” Murray wrote. “If we find that building our own municipal broadband is the best way forward for our citizens and for our City, then I will help lead the way.”

Murray also said today that “Seattle must be a national leader in identifying innovative ways to make high speed internet available and affordable to anyone who wants it.” He said the city is considering changing a few rules that make it difficult for Internet providers to expand their services.

In this post detailing why Google Fiber will never come to Seattle, former Seattle CTO Bill Schrier also referenced several of those laws that are restricting the ability for companies to provide better Internet service.

“The ‘Seattle Process’ and a balky bureaucracy at City Hall stand squarely in the way,” Schrier wrote.

See Murray’s full post below: