There is nothing more destructive in our modern society than the persistent delusion that if only we turn over control of an industry to the almighty State, everything will come up roses for everyone. Every piece of historical evidence in the past hundred years has proven exactly the opposite.

I'm sorry your sister has a limited choice in internet, although typically DSL is something you used to find more often in large cities, not small towns. It's possible she's unaware of other options.

Anyway, should someone who chooses to live in a small town have the "right" to as many commercial options as someone who chooses to live in a city? Should she have as many restaurants, theaters, museums, and other amenities as I have in my area somehow guaranteed to her? She probably has a lot of things I don't have. Open skies, views, and friendlier neighbors. Choices have consequences.

When I first got it, DSL was my only choice, too. That changed over time, and it didn't happen because some political idiot was running the show. Keep in mind that the current excellent and wide-reaching system of broadband (provided by phone companies, cell companies, cable companies, and satellite companies) was developed to the present level without the benevolent hand of the government throttling those private entities all along the way.

There is no reason to do this. The whole "neutrality" thing (nice use of language) is just more bullshit to cover what they really want - government control of yet another industry.