In 1911, this esteemed government, acting through the courts, broke up Standard Oil, an illegal monopoly on the oil industry that was undercutting potential competitors. We now find our selves in a similar situation, only now that commodity is the flow of information and the companies are Comcast, Time Warner and Verizon. It is the duty of the government to break these companies up.
Together, these three companies have near complete control of the high speed internet market, and are using their position to keep quality of service low and prices high, ensuring that no matter where their customers turn their options are all the same. Not only is this anti-consumer, it is blatantly illegal price gouging, taking advantage of a lack of options (two or less ) to take advantage of consumers.