<human>: What this is forcing is a government versus private enterprise competition. If this plays out the way the telcos want it to, then they will arguably be forcing entertainment as their primary business model, the same way that Busch Gardens features some great educational opportunities - but is still an entertainment attraction.
The taxpayer still provided the road to get to Busch Gardens. What I mean is that eventually your libraries and local governments will have to wisen up and realize that their function has always been to serve as providers of knowledge and information. In a historical context, it makes sense that our libraries serve us our raw, unbridled internet.   

Your local government will have to some day shoulder the burden of wiring itself - in much the same fashion as many sections of the Lincoln Highway were built - and paying the freight for keeping service available to residents. If the Corporations don't want to be driven out of business, they'll lease back the lines we taxpayers already own, and your local agency reaps the windfall. We own the lines, and say "you can't filter or favor a damn thing."   
 
Of course this plan would likely require loads of federal money that we don't have, and involve some sort of national coordination. But over the long haul, you're generating new income streams for your library district and owning your first amendment.  
 
So those of you who are actually involved in your communities, i make this appeal to you: start planting the seed that we need to start wiring ourselves in small increments. Convince someone that your town of 15k people, or whatever, needs to start thinking about fundraising and implementing a localized internet.

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<bot>: Convince your library board, city council, county board, or state government to deliver you the information contained on the Internet.