I am a comcast customer. It is fair to say, that their service in my area has absolutely no service. Either I pay for their service at whatever rate they command, or I have no cable. I do not live in central Wyoming. I live in Central Connecticut. When I went to call, Time Warner and others, they politely informed me, that my cable provider in my area is comcast. What seems to have happened, is the cable giants have worked out a deal between each other throughout this state, and divided it up. Thus creating minature monopolies in the areas they gave to each other.
Cable TV has always been a monopoly. Depending on your location you have these TV options:
Your local monopoly cable TV provider
DirecTV
DISH Network
Fiber optic (ATT Uverse, Verizon FIOS, etc)
Free over the air, via antenna
Internet TV (Netflix, Hulu Plus, etc.)
If you hate your cable provider, look into satellite, or fiber with your phone company.