This answers your question in a bit of a different way. In Newfoundland, by way of example, we need to buy circuits from the telephone company to offer Internet service in a lot of very rural areas. By the general rules, they're supposed to provide those to us within 30 days. Generally it's been taking us 90 days, 120 days, a year to get those circuits off the telco. We talk to them, we work with them, and we do everything we can so our customers can be well-served by it. They're not.
The reality is that when you're dealing with the guy whose customers you're trying to steal, if you think for one minute he's going to be helpful.... It doesn't work; it's just human nature. He's not going to make it easy for you, and that's the reality of it. It's that simple.