Sadly that's not always an option, thanks to tools like Ajit Pai and telecomms owning the FCC normally through lobbyists. Centurylink might be all you have as a

Sadly that's not always an option, thanks to tools like Ajit Pai and telecomms owning the FCC normally through lobbyists. Centurylink might be all you have as an option in places, or some other worse incumbent ISP. Lately we've gotten gains with fighting back to overturn municipal isp limitations all the telco's lobby against to protect their monopolies/duopolies, and private companies attempting to compete with the incumbents in each market for some actual choice. Problem is small isp's that get too big in a telco territory are usually just acquired so as not to give the public any option, lest they get used to such freedoms. In my area, my options are Centurylink DSL or Cox Communications. I used Cox and never would have dreamed about moving to DSL, then they (finally) implemented bandwidth caps, and within a month began getting overage charges. Centurylink has no bandwidth caps, and at the time was almost as fast as cable, for almost half the price, so why not. Cox also has a nasty habit of outright acquiring any competitive ISP's around or inside their local markets, taking away that choice consumers might have enjoyed. I really haven't looked back either, though now with them offering 1-2gbps services on cable and stuck perpetually at 140mbps on DSL, I would consider going back to Cox, but not with their bandwidth caps. I'll deal with Centurylink with no caps and slower service, as even moving to gigabit services with Cox, I'd just hit my caps and have more overage charges even faster.