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How would the 'fast lane' work in the first place?
For example, let's say I want to stream a video from a distant site. The reality is that the packets from the site will have to traverse at least a dozen nodes before ending up at your computer. Chances are, the better number of those nodes will belong to a network that's not owned by my ISP. IOTW, if some network segment cannot keep up the pace, you will still get the typical stuttering and syncing issues that streaming video exhibits. Ditto for the server that's actually serving the content.

On the other hand, I'm quite certain that regular users will be forced to suffer degraded performance because network owners are not likely to start laying more fibre.
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Wake up call  Anthony S. | 03/02/06
What did you expect? It's an election year.  Mr. Roboto | 03/02/06
This particular jerk  Jack-Booted EULA | 03/02/06
As opposed to the providers  Jack-Booted EULA | 03/02/06
But the companies like Google care?  John Zern | 03/03/06
Google is a tiny blip on the radar  Jack-Booted EULA | 03/03/06
How would the 'fast lane' work in the first place?  johnsmith222 | 03/02/06
It works for network operators  Fred Fredrickson | 03/02/06
Re: How would the 'fast lane' work in the first place?  Dogboy66 | 03/05/06
Then don't forget  Anthony S. | 03/02/06
I hate to agree with a Democrat, but  CobraA1 | 03/02/06
The bill is irrelevant and the telcos are right.  Anton Philidor | 03/02/06
Don't you understand?  CobraA1 | 03/03/06
Yes, unfortunately, I do understand.  Anton Philidor | 03/03/06
They have already received tax incentives to build these networks.  shalofin | 03/03/06
The telcos paid as well.  Anton Philidor | 03/03/06
The bill is irrelevant and the telcos are right  Dogboy66 | 03/05/06
How dare they!  ejhonda | 03/03/06
This may not be exactly it, but there's a need for something.  snurd3 | 03/03/06
So we pay for Googles bandwidth?  John Zern | 03/03/06
Doesn't work like that.  shalofin | 03/03/06
Story mistitled  johnay | 03/03/06
Miracles do happen - A West Coast Democrat has it right.  Update victim | 03/03/06
Natural monopolies  Joep.Rijntjes@... | 03/03/06
I would rather here with slow internet then there with fast  robrac | 03/07/06
Life in the Fast Lane  AJ Carey | 03/20/06
Where's the Beef?  oldhats | 03/20/06
Fast line 'Net reply...  BlazeEagle | 04/23/06

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