States have been deregulating what the local monopoly phone companies can charge for phone service. Some folks see this as a bad thing. But Clark has no problem with states eliminating price regulation on phone service. That’s because phone companies have to deal now with competition from so many other sources out there. One out of every 14 homes has now disconnected home phone service and is just using cell service or VOIP service. In addition, more cities are getting “wired” with high-speed wireless service. It will happen in bigger cities and won’t spread very far out of town, but it is a third alternative for Internet service. Then, along with that, you get phone service through the Internet company. In San Francisco, Google is going to provide the wireless service. In other cities, it will be a different company. But the days of having to put up with set prices and “installers” who don’t show up on time are over.