The top 5 ISP’s control 65% of the US market. That’s Comcast, Time Warner, SBC, Verizon, and Cox. To say people have a choice is deeply disingenuous. Because of the build out cost, and control local government asserts, competition is pretty much dead. There is just consolidation at this point. The last time there was real competition was during the DSL heyday, but notice how the big telcos were able to kill the competition by blocking the smaller companies using their lines.
Don’t forget that you control the local government.
It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men. Samuel Adams ...
I personally would rather have a corporation be in control of the internet than have the FCC deciding what goes on with the internet.
Once the FCC has the power to issue regulation governing the internet you will see a deluge of regulations similar to what we have with the EPA.