That's interesting (didn't know about the whole city coverage). The general telecom issue is also gone over well in this talk called captive audience [https://

That's interesting (didn't know about the whole city coverage). The general telecom issue is also gone over well in this talk called captive audience [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R4xhwy-1oI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R4xhwy-1oI]. It goes over the telecom industry, how it's not competitive and the current day incentives/problems. While the underlying reason that this issue cannot easily be fixed appears to be related to a more fundamental problem with American campaign fundraising and how it creates a competing dependency that prevents any meaningful reform from moving forward. This Ted talk by Lawrence Lessig (http://www.ted.com/talks/lawrence_lessig_we_the_people_and_the_republic_we_must_reclaim.html http://www.ted.com/talks/lawrence_lessig_we_the_people_and_t...) gives a good overview of this problem.