People tremble with fear when they hear the phrase "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." Or we could go with "Don't fix what isn't broken."
Cable companies had the market locked down until satellite companies figured out there was a whole market that was tired of the poor service and regular price increases. It used to be the only people that used satellite service were those that lived out in the country. Now look at all the dishes in town. Everybody wins with competition, except for the government.