[mixedCase]

The solution has been, is and will be to free the market for smaller ISPs to compete without being regulated to death; and this will not change until economies are no longer a thing due to human extinction and/or reaching the singularity; certainly it will not be because AT&T, Comcast et al grew a conscience.

During 8 years of Obama the only thing in the table was more regulation. Now your only hope is for a Trump administration that pushes for more competition; which given his policy on healthcare I'd say that's a battle worth fighting for.

[throwaway4891a]

"If all men were angels, no government (regulation) would be necessary."

[mixedCase]

I'm certainly not blind to the necessity of government and the need for some regulation to exist. The problem is that when regulation gets handed out like candy instead of being heavily looked at and discarded if its purpose is not clear or doesn't align with the interests of the population at large; then you have left the door open for oligarchy to come in and shit all over.