"I'm shopping for a provider because my friends upstairs, the ones with the wireless access I've been sharing, are moving. The gall." Boston Globe columnist Sam Allis writes, "They leave the Observer with an appalling pair of options: Comcast, the muscle - bound monolith that charges nosebleed fees, or dial-up service, which allows me to complete my shopping run at Roche Brothers before the screen changes." It's Sunday, it's quick and it's funny. And, sadly, his observations from searching for an ISP ring all too true. With mega-mergers, legislation supposedly drafted to provide consumer-choice, and American ingenuity at work, why is it so difficult to find true options, let alone competitive pricing in some major markets? "Internet providers: A pox on all your houses," opines Allis, adding that "the end of my story is plumb weird." The start of his journey is like going Through the Looking Glass too.

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