Robert J. Berger posted on his blog “Cognizant Transmutaion” about the poor ranking of US broadband compared to other countries:

http://blog.ibd.com/how-the-world-works/national-shame-swaths-of-non-rural-us-without-broadband-time-for-re-divestiture/comment-page-1/

He proposes divestiture – separate, perhaps municipal, ownership of the physical cable, fiber, poles, rights-of-way, etc. ISP’s and various content providers would then all have equal opportunity for access to the infrastructure, allowing true competition. This is an excellent e-thought…