I'm right there with ya, only the monopoly in my area is shitty Verizon DSL, talk about being stuck with a single bad choice.

Where I live in VA the internet options are HORRIBLE. Verizon DSL has a complete monopoly on the area, charging over $40/month for speeds of only 2.5mbps. Their customer service is on par with Cox cable any time my internet has issues it's a 2-3 month hassle to get it finally fixed, last time I had to contact the BBB in order to get my issues resolved. Worse thing is from what I hear Fiber has been run through the area it's just not being used, I guess Verizon doesn't want to provide faster internet when everybody is left with the choice of dial up or over priced DSL through them.

Maybe they should focus on fixing the extremely broke internet infrastructure we have here in the US, Both our internet speeds AND prices are much worse than many other countries. Add that to the fact there are still alot of people in the US who's only available internet is dial up, Basic DSL or satellite internet and that just shows how messed up our own infrastructure is. So before they go off and try to fix the rest of the worlds internet problems maybe they should tackle a smaller project, see if they can help provide both good AND affordable internet to more people in this country because if they cant even get their own counties overpriced internet sorted out how can they solve every one else's internet issues. I'm sorry but if your in a country that has people being charged $30 for crappy quality basic DSL I don't think you are in a position to try and help provide FREE internet for billions of people that have none.

Its not a star..its a power source created by an advanced alien specials that they use to fuel their light speed engines...silly scientists missing that :-P