Yes, so much for "competition". instead of one big monopoly - we have a bunch of smaller monopolies - there is no real competition in any of this. OH - well - you can have dish or comcast, but that's it. but with dish you get no internet, or if you do - you are subject, around here, to being out when we have real heavy thunderstorms and cloud cover. And what you get with the regional monopolies is less service and higher cost. My electric is from a coop - right across the street it's Florida Power - and that's about the only place they meet - it's not competition - except by the local governments as they slice the pie for their share.