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Look for but not find. 28% of Americans have only one ISP choice. http://mobile.extremetech.com/latest/221099-woe-is-isp-30-percent-of-americans-cant-choose-th

• dm2 12y ago
  Hopefully this will help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Broadband_Plan_(United_States) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Broadband_Plan_(United... http://www.fcc.gov/national-broadband-plan http://www.fcc.gov/national-broadband-plan http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/connecting-america http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/connecting-america It was tried before in the 90s but it failed. I don't know if there is another side to this story, but it looks like the telecommunications companies (Verizon and ATT) stole the money ($200 BILLION). http://www.newnetworks.com/ShortSCANDALSummary.htm http://www.newnetworks.com/ShortSCANDALSummary.htm
• wpietri 12y ago
  And most of the rest have two choices. Duopoly is not significantly better for consumers than monopoly, because either a) the bigger player kills the smaller one, or b) they end up in a stalemate with roughly equivalent pricing and service, meaning there's still no real choice.
• NoPiece 12y ago
  That number is only so high because it is discussing 10mbps or higher, so it excludes a big chunk of DSL providers as options. If you lower to 6mbps the numbers stay the same (sadly), but if you lower to 3mbps, 97% have access to 2 or more ISPs. http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2013/db1224/DOC-324884A1.pdf http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2013... here is a direct link to a screencap of the chart: http://i.imgur.com/xhn1YCF.png http://i.imgur.com/xhn1YCF.png