Competition, Not Neutrality, Is Key

[Commentary] Our focus has been dragged away from the real issue, the infrastructure. There are phone and cable wired in homes and businesses, etc. Those wires should allow someone to pick and choose the services over that wire, and if their Internet or broadband provider blocks or degrade their service, the customer can find another provider. Instead, there are only two providers in most markets with the same collusive conditions -- block all competition. You can't go elsewhere. Thus, even if the network neutrality issue was "cured" by the Federal Communications Commission, the problems are much deeper and they would still continue to plague America's broadband, Internet and phone customers. Maybe it's time to give AT&T what it wants -- AT&T, Verizon, you keep the "broadband networks," and we'll keep and properly finally upgrade the PSTN to what was already paid for -- fiber optic, very fast, reasonably priced, ubiquitous, open-to-all networks.