Clearly you aren't living in the United States. My choices are Comcast, Comcast, and Comcast.
I'm really starting to think mesh networks are going to be the only solution.
I'm really starting to think mesh networks are going to be the only solution.
To be less facetious, I could also choose AT&T DSL, but they don't offer competitive bandwidth. And they aren't exactly a small independent ISP. There might be ISPs that offer "business class" service, but their prices probably start at least 3x what I currently pay. I'm not even sure they would offer service in an apartment complex either.
I live in Santa Clara, in the South Bay. It's pretty close to the heart of Silicon Valley. My only option for an ISP is Comcast; my choices are literally, in the true definition of literally, use Comcast or don't get internet. And that's not really a choice, is it?
Especially in apartment complexes, you'll have a single carrier lock down entire areas in a no-compete way.