Here's something I came across today. It's an excerpt from an interview between Bill Moyers and Susan Crawford on the state of internet access in the US today.
For reference Susan Crawford was a science and technology adviser to President Obama and she's written books on the Internet Provider industry in the U.S.
The interview is well worth a watch and if you like what Ms. Crawford says there's a link to a government petition to have her nominated as the chair of the FCC. While the odds are slim anything will change, it's worth trying!
http://gizmodo.com/5983300/why-us-internet-access-is-slow-and-expensive