re: Holy Cow! Just signed up for gigabit service in Chattanooga, TN

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i don't think you understand what capitalism and competition are

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I certainly do. I also understand how the internet in its current form breaks the expectations that capitalism relies on. That's the part that you don't get. Capitalism can't work if all the roads are private and their owners are allowed to control all the traffic.

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what other private entity offers gigabyte data in LA for under $80/month? that's an honest question

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Here's a question for you: what are you going to do when you try to actually use that gigabit service to its potential? The only real reason to have it is to stream a lot of hd video, as discussed in this thread. I don't know exactly what suddenlink's cap is, but I would imagine it's a few hundred gigs or so. Enough for about 100 hours of video if you don't do much else online. For a single person, that might not be a problem. For a family, 100 hours of video is nothing, so you're basically forced to bundle tv and suddenlink has driven you out of the streaming video market. Just because you fell for what sounded like a good deal, but it turns out to be far from worth it.