However I believe there may be a much larger agenda be played out.

The recent mega mergers have created powerful mega providers that command large market share that include both wireless and wireline users. Not only are these executives attacking the very basis of what has allowed the internet the ability to necessitate technology & market evolution, but also the commercial dynamics that govern them (e.g. peering relationships).

Two-tiered internet flows would require every provider between the content/application provider and user to implement consistent end to end application of Quality of Service. In this model, would Google be required to pay each provider?

Or is the agenda an opportunity for these mega providers to assert their market dominance of their existing base thereby eliminating transit peering coupling content directly with users. Cable operators do this today, but the difference is content is broadcast over satellite enabling one to many distribution and internet content is bi-directional.

The real issue for these mega providers is they have committed to increase broadband to the home/business, need to keep of with cable operators and application providers and are attempting to high jack the revenue opportunity that may be realized by enabling technology & market evolution as the internet provided.

Didn’t the FCC allow Network Unbundling Obligations (March 2003) to fuel these build outs already?