As a North Carolinian, I am all for more competition. Just today I found out I can order Wideband Internet from Time Warner Cable (50Mbps down) for only $99. Th

As a North Carolinian, I am all for more competition. Just today I found out I can order Wideband Internet from Time Warner Cable (50Mbps down) for only $99. This is after languishing for over a decade at 5-7Mbps. I'm theorizing that the muni-backed broadband initiatives are spurring the existing monopolies to "step their game up" so to speak.