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> Well mobile is one option.

No it is not. Mobile is either Verizon or AT&T. All the other mobile companies use infrastructure from one of those two monopolies, and follow the same business model.

I haven't ever seen a mobile company that does not have some sort of data cap.

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I've had my Sprint plan for a few years and I'm grandfathered in to unlimited data. Before I had Internet set up in my apartment, I used 400 GB in one month with it tethered to two laptops, a desktop, and a PS3. No complaints and no slowdowns.

Are these plans really nonexistent nowadays?

I haven't seen them.

I meant it is an alternative to land lines. Can't help you build more companies, sorry. I don't think the government can either

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