Does the US really have that many ISPs? In most cities I've lived in you have two choices, Verizon or Comcast. Other smaller niche ISPs usually lease lines ow

Does the US really have that many ISPs? In most cities I've lived in you have two choices, Verizon or Comcast. Other smaller niche ISPs usually lease lines owned by one of those two anyway. When you consider who owns the backbones etc, I don't think it would be that hard to shut most people off of the Internet in the USA with a few calls either.