Why didn't you simply use cable modem Internet access instead of fighting with Qwest?

The cable television provider in our area is AT&T, formerly TCI. We contacted AT&T several times over a period of years, begging them to say whether they might be willing to provide cable modem Internet access. They said they could not justify the expense.

A couple of years previously some local towns had established a Summit County Telecommunications Consortium with the stated goal of forcing AT&T to provide cable modem Internet access. The Consortium did not succeed at this goal.