Yes it is dumb, but another way to look at your analogy would be if there were only one road to the airport and that road was controlled by AT&T or Comcast. Im

Yes it is dumb, but another way to look at your analogy would be if there were only one road to the airport and that road was controlled by AT&T or Comcast. Imagine that for a second and consider what impact that might have on your ability to hail a taxi :D. All kidding aside, you make a fair point, but I don't think the playing field is quite as level as you're making it out to be. You can't just start an ISP that can peer at the same level of AT&T, you know?