[kvinnako]

"If you have cable companies, landline broadband, wifi, and other broadband providers fighting for your service, this is a much less big deal. It's stupid scare mongering"

I live in a suburban area. Not too far from metropolitan. and close to (5miles) to a major ivy league university. Lets see my options: verizon dsl (3mbs to 6mbs) - 54$ optimum - (15mbs but I barely get 1mbps at peak) 54$ soon to be 60$ wifi - sprint (4g/3g speeds, can say I get around 1 to 2 mbps)- 54$ for 4GB.

dslextreme (3mbs) for 24.99$

For me the best value for my money is dslextreme. If that option is taken away, then I don't really have much chioce because very one else is colluded and price is fixed in some private inter company meetings. So you are the one without any real facts just discrediting the real issues the article points out.

[mathattack]

Is 4 choices not enough? The answer is more competitors and more technologies.

[kvinnako]

No, these choices are not really competitors for each other. I don't mind having only 2 choices if they were just comcast and optimum or at&t and verizon. I think you are confusing between choices and competitors. dslextreme is a competitor to verizon and thats what will keep verizon delivering better service. But if verizon and optimum are the only choices (with prices fixed) , none will work to make it better for the consumer. And lack of competition is the reason why these companies are jacking up prices.