I guess one issue here is that I don't see how removing my name from their website prevents them from continuing to service their clients or direct their queries to the correct person.
So from your perspective, an employer should be able to use and/or profit off of it's former employee's identity and reputation indefinitely after that employee leaves?
The sector may be anti-competitive but it certainly hasn't stifled innovation, at least not across the board. The province I live in is almost the size of Texas with about 1/24 of Texas' population. Yet we'll have 100% broadband penetration by 2011.