>Power companies are regulated monopolies. There are no competitors.

The funny (sad) thing is that these utilities are almost easier to work around Twitter in this case.

Power company cuts you off? Buy a generator, no big deal.

Town turns off your water. IBC totes are cheap.

Comcast terminates your account? Verizon is happy to pay you money and if they aren't where you are then you can suck it up and by satellite.

If your a media business and Twitter/Facebook won't let you advertise and breaks links to your content you're basically screwed. There are no real alternatives because that's wher your users are.