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>More than 39M Americans Only Have Access to 1 Wired Broadband Provider

And those who have more than 1 are served by an oligopoly who overcharge for mediocre (at best) service.

Are the few cities with municipal broadband or Google Fiber seeing better service and prices?

Yes! Dramatically improved services and pricing from Comcast and Time Warner have followed Google fiber and municipal broadband wherever they pop up. Imagine that...

Sources:

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Fights-Google-Fib...

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/comcast-time-warner-take...

http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/pressured-by-google-fiber-t...

http://www.provobuzz.com/comcast-makes-pathetic-attempt-to-b...

http://www.muninetworks.org/content/comcast-reacts-google-fi...

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