"Here's What Happens When Internet Providers Have Zero Competition" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/31/internet-providers-competition_n_6980292.html
I've often wondered about British Telecom, as as far as I can ascertain, they are a virtual monopoly as well.
At least for that price mentioned in the article, they can get superfast gigabit speeds. I can only get 7 megabits on my ADSL.
Really it's about AT&T, which is satanic. Why would anyone support AT&T? AT&T could offer 10,000Mbps speed in my area for $1.00 and I wouldn't support them.