> I just see this as a natural progression of what happens of a single > player with a captive audience due to mergers and attrition. They know > their customers aren't going anywhere. The only way to "fix" it would be > to go back to the days when there were a bunch of competing local > providers.
Wait -- you mean competition that is healthy and fair?! The FCC would not hear of this. -- Alex, remembering the days of 8000 ISP's with substantially better customer service than is available today