This is one of those rare situations where the solution really is regulation, but unfortunately it's dropped out of the US Overton window. The FCC or some other

This is one of those rare situations where the solution really is regulation, but unfortunately it's dropped out of the US Overton window. The FCC or some other regulatory body could drop the hammer on telcos and implement whatever is being done in the EU/UK that seems to work. In an oligopoly it's really the only way to fix this, and every single time I mention this an American friend will say that the government can't be trusted with anything. If you have such a low opinion of your government's capabilities, why not ask it to get better instead of abandoning all hope?