The kicker and worst part is that we HAD competitive market under the 1996 Telecommunications Act (and Title II) before it got killed off in 2004/2005. At one

The kicker and worst part is that we HAD competitive market under the 1996 Telecommunications Act (and Title II) before it got killed off in 2004/2005. At one point, in a craphole suburb of north Texas, I had the choice of no fewer than 8 DSL providers (including SDSL 3Mbps bidirectional, which was amazing at the time) and 3 cable providers. Now, in the smack middle of a major city with a large technology presence, I have 0 of the first kind and 1 of the second kind. This is _not_ progress.