This is why the Republicans, despite always being wrong, still get the lion's share of airtime

[JDPriestly]

31. We need better laws to prevent monopolies both horizaontal and vertical, and we need

to enforce those laws vigorously. Bill Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act.

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was the first significant overhaul of United States telecommunications law in more than sixty years, amending the Communications Act of 1934. The Act, signed by President Bill Clinton, represented a major change in American telecommunication law, since it was the first time that the Internet was included in broadcasting and spectrum allotment.[1] One of the most controversial titles was Title 3 ("Cable Services&quot , which allowed for media cross-ownership.[1] According to the FCC, the goal of the law was to "let anyone enter any communications business—to let any communications business compete in any market against any other".[2] The legislation's primary goal was deregulation of the converging broadcasting and telecommunications markets.[3] However, the law's regulatory policies have been questioned, including the effects of dualistic re-regulation of the communications market [4] [5]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996

That was the wrong thing to do, Bill Clinton. You should have vetoed it.