metspitzer wrote:
Either all of Verizon is going to Google or we have to pick a Big 8.

I vote changing to a Big 8, although the guys that grant permission to
start a new group are pricks.

Change ISPs. Your connectivity provider does not have to be your ISP.

I'm connected to the internet via Comcast, but my ISP is Earthlink.

Verizon is not PREVENTING access to the alt. hierarchy, they are simply not
PROVIDING it.