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>In most areas there is effectively a government imposed monopoly on who can provide you access.

And that government is elected by the people, right? Which means they could make this an election issue and vote candidates that don't support monopolies, right?

I don't understand what part of my statement you're arguing with.

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This doesnt work well in practice though.

Most people don't have the grasp on the technicalities to even be able to make the decision to vote for a specific candidates because their internet access is sub-par

Not to mention if you vote for someone you also get all the other things that candidate aligns with, not just better internet.

(not super sure how voting on city/state level works in the us, but it should be accurate enough)

That would be less of a problem if most US elections weren't duopolies as well.

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