US ISPs Using Push Polling To Stop Cheap Internet

An anonymous reader writes "What happens when a new ISP is started somewhere in the United States that completely blows out of the water all the other ISPs in the area, in terms of price and performance? Apparently, that question is being answered in North Carolina, where Greenlight Inc., a company started by a city government, is trying to offer faster, more reliable, and cheaper Internet service to the local residents. Time Warner and Embarq can't compete. So they are not only lobbying the state government to destroy the upstart competition, but are now using push polling methods to gain support, across the two cities that could benefit from the new ISP, for the 'Level the playing field' legislation they got introduced in the legislature." A local news outlet provides coverage more friendly to the incumbents' point of view.

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Re:Econ 101

[d3ac0n]

You're quoting a Wikipedia article about the nutcase Kevin Phillips? And we're supposed to take you seriously?

ROFL!

Kevin Phillips is wrong about everything.

Phillips is nothing more than a populist hack who uses twisted statistics and hyperbole in his sensationalist books. While I applaud his naked ambition, I wish he wouldn't do it in a manner which so badly misinforms his target audience.

To put it another way, your numbers are wrong just like Phillips is.