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blog-dshr-org-612		DSHR's Blog: ISP Monopolies			.html	text/html	3364	404	82	As demand for higher Internet speeds arose, any ISP who wanted to offer a faster connection couldn't just order one from the telco, because the telco fibers were now private and unshared. If the FCC actually wanted US customers to have a choice of ISPs, they would rescind the FIBER RULE. In September 2001 Palo Alto's Fiber To The Home trial went live, and I was one of 67 citizens who got a 10Mbit/s bidirectional connection, with the city Utilities as our ISP. We got DSL and phone service from Sonic, a local ISP that was legally enabled to rent access to AT&T's copper. I'd like to see multiple infrastructure providers, both private for profit, and municipally sponsored non-profit public service agencies, all with open access networks; ideally, connecting would be as simple as it was back in the dial up days.	./cache/blog-dshr-org-612.html	./txt/blog-dshr-org-612.txt