> How's that going to happen if the current duopoly reinforce their position by removing net neutrality?

I have a hard time imagining that we remain stuck with the status quo for more than 20 years. Markets love to move money around. Comcast is already stale -- their customer service is crap.

I'm not saying that the change will come from markets, necessarily, or that the impetus for change comes from the government. I just think things will change and eventually we'll see more competition on the last mile, or, something that mitigates the current problems.

And, they'll change because we care and are working to do something about these issues, not because we sit back and wait for something to happen.

Isn't Google implementing a global satellite ISP service? That might be competitive enough to challenge businesses like Comcast.

I lived through the tail-end of the telecom monopolies in the 1990's. I don't have much faith in the market's ability to fix things without intervention.