[strick]

>More than 39M Americans Only Have Access to 1 Wired Broadband Provider

And those who have more than 1 are served by an oligopoly who overcharge for mediocre (at best) service.

Are the few cities with municipal broadband or Google Fiber seeing better service and prices?

[wmeredith]

Yes! Dramatically improved services and pricing from Comcast and Time Warner have followed Google fiber and municipal broadband wherever they pop up. Imagine that...

Sources:

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Fights-Google-Fib...

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/comcast-time-warner-take...

http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/pressured-by-google-fiber-t...

http://www.provobuzz.com/comcast-makes-pathetic-attempt-to-b...

http://www.muninetworks.org/content/comcast-reacts-google-fi...