You make the claim that local politicians are "much more hostile" to ISP monopolies that federal ones. But what's the evidence for this? I know of several memb

You make the claim that local politicians are "much more hostile" to ISP monopolies that federal ones. But what's the evidence for this? I know of several members of the house & senate who are severely hostile to ISP monopolies, but power at the federal level lies mostly with the FCC, thus blunting the effectiveness of any particular elected representative. At the local level, get the mayor pissed off at you (and a legal framework that allows it), and you (may) have a problem.