The American Way
No, no, no...not here. Look over there, to France -- if you can see anything at all while you're getting boned senseless by your monopolistic cable TV provider, the phone company, and your broadband ISP -- and check out the beauty of marketplace competition:

In 2000, government regulators decided to break up France Telecom's monopoly. However, instead of the Ma Bell breakup, which just produced several regional monopolies, the government forced the company to open up access to independent data providers -- a trust-busting solution well suited for the internet age. Since then, prices have dropped dramatically for the "triple play" ($36/month from one company), speeds have shot up, and providers have introduced unique products into the marketplace. Importantly, France has young entrepreneurs trying to improve the internet marketplace, something you'd hope to see in such an important and evolving area. It's quite embarrassing that while the FCC is protecting low-quality, expensive monopolies, France, of all countries, has gotten it right in fostering competition, and demonstrating that free markets do benefit the consumer. Now they just have to get their labor situation sorted out.

And here's even more competition -- overseas, of course.