A short list, applicable if you're in the US: * lobbying & suing to prevent competition from municipal broadband * lobbying against net neutrality, because ap

A short list, applicable if you're in the US: * lobbying & suing to prevent competition from municipal broadband * lobbying against net neutrality, because apparently the fact that I paid for those bits from Netflix to be delivered isn't enough to keep Netflix from getting shaken down as well. Couldn't possibly have anything to do with most ISPs parent companies also being in the legacy video business... * less of a problem now, but before DOCSIS got crazy-fast a lot of ISPs intensely oversold the lines (so you and 100 of your neighbors were all paying for "60 Mbps" internet on a line that could carry 60 Mbps TOTAL) * MiTMing connections to insert ads and tracking * lobbying for the right to, and then positively SALIVATING at tracking every site you visit and selling it to advertisers * local monopolies / duopolies in most areas which mean you've got your "choice" of one or possibly two bastards who both do all of the above. Good luck!