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There's very little "private" about the phone companies or the cable companies. Both operate under a franchise awarded by a government entity, many of the 'regulations" are in fact anti-competitive and I'm not so sure that they don't have a "gentleman's agreement" between them. You don't see cable selling VOIP to business thus protecting the lucrative T1 business while the phone companies don't push multimedia down their broadband pipe into homes.

Calling this move "deregulation" is an oxymoron. Here's some more insight from Dvorak.http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1836829,00.asp

and another that's relevant. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1812887,00.asp

"You don't see cable selling VOIP to business thus protecting the lucrative T1 business while the phone companies don't push multimedia down their broadband pipe into homes."

No VOIP from cable companies? See this site: http://www.cmcsk.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=147565&p=irol-newsArticle&t=Regular&id=700605&

Phone companies not pushing broadband for multimedia? See this site:
http://www05.sbc.com/DSL_new/content/1,,95,00.html?