Your ISP May Prevent You From Getting Free Internet Access

[Kirov Reporting]

US ISPs basically operate as monopolies--the big ones have gentlemen's agreements not to encroach on each other's territory, and new network buildout is unfeasible for upstarts--so the uncompetitive market allows them to charge much more for much less.

OT: Yeah, as others have pointed out, the source article isn't accurate.

Good lord, I wasn't aware of that - apologies, my ignorance really showed there I'm afraid. In that case, it sounds like you need what we have, 10 or 15 mainstream providers who constantly compete with each other to try and win customers. A 'F2P' access model sounds ill-advised as someone will still be controlling it, but what you have now sounds like as much of a nightmare as anything!