Originally Posted by Fetish Gimp

If you live in the USA, can you tell me how many broadband providers exist in your area?

If you're lucky there's three, and if there are more I can almost certainly guarantee that they're resellers.

You see, that "free market" argument works when it's an industry where there is one. That's not the case in telecommunications because of the humongous entry costs.

So, you'll be at the mercy of whatever ISPs in your area decide you'll be paying, and what websites they'll package for you.

So your "free market" argument is, as your presence is on this board, utterly meaningless