Free market competition is usually the best solution to problems like this.  Google and others are on the horizon offering better connectivity already.  If Verizon doesn&#x27;t fix its problems then they will start to lose customers which is the ultimate market pressure.  While Government-led solutions often seem superior in theory, they rarely work out that way in real life.  Government&#x27;s most effective role, in my opinion, is to create a regulatory environment that encourages consumer transparency, corporate accountability and free market competition.  One example of this is what is happening in the health care market (intentionally or not) with the move to high deductible health care plans.  These plans incentivize consumers to individually comparison shop fee-for-service medical services for the first time.  There is no reason to pay $1,500 for an MRI when there is another place across town willing to do it for $500.  This type of mass optimization on a micro economic scale will likely result in better access to services at lower price points than, for example, the Government (CMS) negotiating a universal rate card with low, fixed copays for all patients, all providers, and all services.