Two Tiered Internet

Wed Dec 14 04:17:43 UTC 2005

> What good is 6Mbit DSL from my ISP (say, SBC for example) if only a  
> small
> portion of the net (sites that pay for non-degraded access) loads at a
> reasonable speed and everything else sucks?

One might argue that in such a situation, the end user is getting  
less value than they
did previously.  End users might then either demand a price break or  
might vote with
their connectivity.

Tony