The government giveth and the government taketh. They gave many of these companies near-monopolies by blocking competition from laying cable or accessing the t

The government giveth and the government taketh. They gave many of these companies near-monopolies by blocking competition from laying cable or accessing the telephone poles. Now the government has decided to crush the telco's industry by running their own service at prices impossible to compete with because they are tax payer subsidized. Live by the sword. Die by the sword. Personally, I'd rather shrink the sword down to around a steak knife.