I didn't know I had the option to choose my own telecom provider. Ask your landlord who provides telecom service to your building other than the local Bell company. One of the best ways is to link a building's inside wire with a fixed wireless technology, using antennae about the size of your hand, mounded on roof tops. The installation process is simple and only takes one or two days for the entire building to be connected. There is already a big dish on my building's rooftop.
Most antennae are practically invisible from street-level or neighboring buildings.
The phenomenon of new local competition is that many consumers do not know that they have a choice in providers. Local competition remains a phantom benefit for many tenants, but the costs and inconvenience of moving are very real. The overriding principle that must govern carrier access to multi-tenant buildings must be the interests of the tenants in those buildings. But tenants are seldom experts in telecommunications technologies or have the time and technical knowledge to petition landlords for competitive high-speed services. Many landlords do understand that tenants' access to multiple telecommunications carriers with advanced networks increases their leasehold values.