Getting others to use the last mile of copper to provide some kind of competition. It worked wonders in Europe and Japan, where they went from being also ran to having choices that we can only dream of.
Basically, what our market is coming to is a cozy duopoly between cable and the telcos. So much for the competition that the 96 law was supposed to bring about...
I'll be waiting for fiber, but I know that we'll get screwed.
