a free market?
You said "We pay four times what the French do for a triple play package of cable, Internet and telephone and they get worldwide TV, not just domestic; their Internet is ten times faster and instead of two country calling, they get long-distance to 70 countries at no extra charge. All that for $38 compared to the U.S. average of $160 including taxes. "
This may be true, but the really awkward thing about it is that in France, the primary provider is France Telecom, which drives the prices and keeps them low, which is State-owned and is to all intents a monopoly. You prove, awkwardly, that the best way to run a national universal telecom system and provide low-cost universal service is to nationalize it!! Is that your intention?
