Comcast is the only broadband provider in my town that can deliver a service greater than 2 mbit/sec. AT&T has U-Verse DSLAMS in some corners, but gave up on c

Comcast is the only broadband provider in my town that can deliver a service greater than 2 mbit/sec. AT&T has U-Verse DSLAMS in some corners, but gave up on covering the entire town and the copper network is old and crumbling. There is zero hope of any kind of fiber service showing up. In my personal experience Comcast's service isn't bad, but their rates are tied to the fact that there is no competition. My belief is that prices would drop about 50% and speeds would jump up 20% if another company could get into the space. And that's just for IP service. Video service is another story altogether. TMO's purchase of Layer3 gives me some hope that maybe there will be a decent streaming service they will bundle with it.