Not hard, if we did it like Israel. The company that lays cable is a utility, a natural monopoly, that sends a bill each month. Then there are a slew of ISPs th

Not hard, if we did it like Israel. The company that lays cable is a utility, a natural monopoly, that sends a bill each month. Then there are a slew of ISPs that compete to terminate you and provide internet access. Some are cheap, some are fast, some have good customer service or are hacker friendly. By law the infrastructure company cannot be an ISP or favor one ISP over another. By firewalling off the natural monopoly part, competition is maximized and ISPs are forced to reduce costs and innovate. If Teddy Roosevelt was president today, the Time Warners and Comcasts would be broken up for leveraging the natural monopoly on the cable laying-side of the house to also be the only ISP provider in my city.