Questioning why it has to take so long for media to change

Seriously, why does our country lag behind some arguably third world countries and other first world ones when it comes to TV, Internet, and communications in general? We invented the internet for crying out loud!

I contend that its because of crap like this:
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/102024

This isn't a new thing. Even my home city of Lafayette, a city in Louisiana, one of the most corrupt and backward states in this county has been laying fiber to homes! But oh man did they ever have to fight tooth and nail to get it started.

In a seemingly capitalistic society our content distribution carriers control more of our airwaves than ever before. While costs have plummeted, their prices have skyrocketed. Take texting for example. It's estimated that a text message costs carriers less than a cent to transfer, yet they all charge 20 cents to do so. Imagine if your business had that kind of profit margin!

Looking at the NC example above, the city was charging 100 dollars for what Time Warner was charging 137 as an introductory fee, and that's just starting out!

Point being, I argue that all media distribution companies be regulated like the monopolies they are so that we can finally get things like 100mbps internet server that is so common in places like Japan.

At the same time, I also propose the following:
I propose to the FCC that all radio stations should be taken offline, the spectrum used to give people massive internet coverage with fast speeds and all physical radio stations be moved to online radio....