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> I have more choices for an ISP than I have choices for a cell phone OS. That's lovely for you, but here's the whole picture: In the latest FCC Internet Acce

> I have more choices for an ISP than I have choices for a cell phone OS. That's lovely for you, but here's the whole picture: In the latest FCC Internet Access Services report, 13% of census blocks with housing units (that is, empty census blocks are not considered) have three or more broadband providers. 37% percent have only one option, and 21% have no provider at all. Having a choice is not the norm. https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-344499A1.pdf https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-344499A1.p...

eadmund 9y ago
> In the latest FCC Internet Access Services report, 13% of census blocks with housing units (that is, empty census blocks are not considered) have three or more broadband providers. 37% percent have only one option, and 21% have no provider at all. Having a choice is not the norm. You left out the percentage with two providers, which must be 29% (100-37-21-13), which means that 42% of housing units have a choice between two or more providers. That's not the norm, and it should be better, but given how much of the U.S. is empty space it's not utterly terrible.