Still not competitive

How can it be that the country that invented the Internet is ranked 16th in the world in broadband penetration, speed and price?  But that is reality.

The really difficult thing to accept is that the reason for our being second-rate in the world of the Internet is because our Internet providers have managed to snuff out competition.  Most of us have really only one cable provider.  Sure, there is DSL and satellite, but are they really competitive?