The one argument that I rarely see mentioned that seems to me to be in Obama’s favor is that in many places of the country, ISP’s have a regional monopoly (thanks to deals with local government). Because of the lack of actual ISP competition for many people, a lot of the arguments being made in favor of the free market appear to be sort of moot. I believe this is also why cable companies have been able to continue to use bundled services despite strong interest from consumers for a la carte pricing. Can somebody offer me a good counter argument to this?
The cable and satellite business is withering as people cord cut and move to internet-based forms of entertainment. This is about controlling that new stream.