Re:Why is US service so bad? (Score 1)

In the country I live we've got a couple of major providers, each of them having their own physical network. Each one of these networks has a coverage of at least 95%. I'm sure that's a situation stimulating healthy competition (assuming there's no price fixing). How's the situation in the US? Did the providers split the pie and charge whatever they like in their piece of it? Or do you have at least a couple of providers to choose from. I can also imagine there being big differences between urban and rural areas concerning this.