Well, that's another whole issue that relates to policy. From what I've gathered, there's an ungodly amount of red tape involved in trying to be an upstart ISP

Well, that's another whole issue that relates to policy. From what I've gathered, there's an ungodly amount of red tape involved in trying to be an upstart ISP at the residential level. So much so that one of the richest companies on the planet has only made inroads in like ten cities.