Are you willing to pay for 3 or 4 different cables run to your house so you can chose which one you like better? If the cable isn't owned by some one (be it fiber, coax, twisted pair, whatever) who's going to install it, service it, repair it, upgrade it. Why do you think the deregulation of the telephone industry has lead right back to them re-consolidating? If I own the cables that run to your house, in other words, I've invested in the network that connects your house to various services, why should I open that up to my competitors?
If these networks where owned like the roads and highways of your town, county and state then you might see what you want. But that would be to socially intelligent for such a capitalistic money grubbing society.
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