My favorite article on this topic, by Robert X. Cringely in 2007, on the Telecommunications Act of 1996: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070810

My favorite article on this topic, by Robert X. Cringely in 2007, on the Telecommunications Act of 1996: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070810_002683.html http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070810_0026... "The $200 Billion Rip-Off: Our broadband future was stolen."