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But in this case the remedy is head to your local town hall and start complaining. The "monopoly" is usually a 5ish year contract that the city sends out for bi

• zdragnar 6y ago
  This was back when I was living in a large suburb. The whole place was divided among a half-dozen or so trash companies. I might have complained, but moving was a whole lot easier than waiting 5 years to maybe get a change. Before the monopolies were granted, people could pick their own haulers. The monopolies were granted to cut down on truck traffic- the fact that WM took iver my street was evidence enough that one complaint would not dislodge them. You might actually have more luck with complaining about your internet service. The rural area I moved to only had DSL, and the quality was so bad the town threatened to kick the carrier out if they didnt improve. Instead, they agreed to lay fiber to the entire service area, and it was only about a year after I moved in that we got it. (Way overpriced for full gigabit, of course, but thats rural internet).