yep free market solution is always the way to go. Get the govt involved and it will come back to bite you.
If they are breaking existing laws, I say git ‘em.
You are simply wrong on this one.
Without the government suit a subsequent consent decree, you would be connecting to Free Republic via a 19.2kbs modem owned by Western Electric , installed by Western Electric and maintained by Western Electric.
And you would be typing on a computer owned by Western Electric, installed by Western Electric and maintained by Western Electric.
And only Western Electric/Bell applications would be installed on that computer by a Bell Technician.
The Internet backbone would be X.25 running over T-1s.
I was in the network business when the break-up occurred, and I’m in the business now. The break-up spawned thousands of companies, millions of jobs and a thorough technological revolution similar to the industrial revolution of the 19th century.