"Hey, my service sucks and I'm not going to do business with you anymore! Cancel my service!" 5 minutes later "So I spoke with the 1 other ISP in my county, a

"Hey, my service sucks and I'm not going to do business with you anymore! Cancel my service!" 5 minutes later "So I spoke with the 1 other ISP in my county, and they charge even more insane rates than you. Thank god the free market allowed me to pick you and your superior service! LONG LIVE THE FREE MARKET!" The fact of the matter is, there isn't enough competition in the sector for a free market approach to function. The government needs to go Bell Labs on the ISPs (and probably a few tech companies while we're at it).