Sorry, I wasn't clear. ISPs tend to have monopolies over specific areas orchestrated by an oligopoly that they have over the industry as a whole. Either way the

Sorry, I wasn't clear. ISPs tend to have monopolies over specific areas orchestrated by an oligopoly that they have over the industry as a whole. Either way there isn't competition, and net-neutrality laws are necessary in this case for a free and open internet. Otherwise, if actual competition did exist, net-neutrality rules wouldn't matter so much.