I have yet to hear a rational explaination of the public benefits of consolidation in this industry. It just looks like raw greed and the ability of weild greatly increased influence over the public's perception of reality that is the crux of what these companies are seeking. BTW in the DSL arena, it could be argued that the most of the national infrastructure of last mile copper is owned by the public as monopoly rights were granted to install it long ago, and it has been paid for many times over. Most of it has already been depreciated to ZERO book value and our telecom bills now merely provide for maintenance of this asset.
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Thinkgeek.com just happens to have such a device: http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/7657/
I have yet to hear a rational explaination of the public benefits of consolidation in this industry. It just looks like raw greed and the ability of weild greatly increased influence over the public's perception of reality that is the crux of what these companies are seeking. BTW in the DSL arena, it could be argued that the most of the national infrastructure of last mile copper is owned by the public as monopoly rights were granted to install it long ago, and it has been paid for many times over. Most of it has already been depreciated to ZERO book value and our telecom bills now merely provide for maintenance of this asset.