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They can compete even with municipal internet. They just don't want to because then it will become a commodity market which will cause prices to race to the bottom instead of a scarce market which allows them to charge higher prices and avoid reinvesting in their network to improve quality since there is no comparable service to compare their quality against.

Yes, it is. But the ground rule has always been 'follow the money'. Expect companies, and their paid for legislators, to protect their revenue streams, no matter how badly it screws any individuals.

This is the fight we are in, and have been since the post-WW2 boom.

>ISPs cannot compete

Or they simply don't choose to...