I know that the US Government was supposed to do away with monopolies years ago, however I think they forgot about FTC. If you want to make a phone call from a land line phone you have to use FTC. Time Warner is trying to ingest some competition but has hit ever roadblock imaginable. I have often wondered why a phone company in a very small town would need 2 massive Corporate offices? I have many times contemplated dropping the home phone simply out of lack of desire to deal with FTC. Good luck if you can make them work for you, however with no competition then what is their rush?