I'm just thinking that's unlikely to happen as long as some level of competition is maintained - nobody is going to put up with a walled-in internet. As soon a

I'm just thinking that's unlikely to happen as long as some level of competition is maintained - nobody is going to put up with a walled-in internet. As soon as the cable company does this the telco will capitalize on it like mad, and vice-versa. I can see a provider provide, say, special content only to users of their network - but that's a completely different story.