Have they all lost their minds? I pay good money to be connected and I think for my dough... my ISP should do all that they can to make sure that my service is the BEST POSSIBLE regardless to where I am trying to go. Where ever you connect to the Internet whether you be Provider or User... You are paying someone for service/access. You should get what you pay for. Are Network Providers attempting to get Paid on both ends?

First... let's get a couple of things twisted. ISP (Internet Service Provider)... Just who are you talking about... I'd say that it depends on who you are talking to. To the average user the ISP is whoever they are paying to connect to the internet... Right? To the Person with a web site the definition expands to include the Company that they buy Hosting Service from. Lets call them the Reseller. To the Service Reseller the definition expands to include the company that provides them access or a service platform. Lets call them the Network Providers.... You know them... AT&T or SBC, Comcast, COX, Verizon and everyone else large or small. Now lets add the CSPs (Content Service Provider)... the Yahoo!, Google, AOL, MSN and all the others. Now lets throw in the Interconnects, companies like Level 3... if this is getting confusing... you are reading me loud and clear... Some of those Network Providers are also Content Providers and vice versa... So what is this charade? I buy PREMIUM service be it Cable, DSL or Satellite... and anyone else that does the same has an expectation of bandwidth and performance. I am also a Re-Seller. I Sell PREMIUM Service and support.

Network Neutrality: You are a Comcast customer that likes to use Yahoo! search engine, You have a business web site and e-mail server that lives in the heart of a Baby Bell and you have family, friends and customers on AOL, Verizon, Qwest, SBC Yahoo! that use Google!, Alta Vista, Lexus Nexus or whatever. Everyone that wants to Get or Give Good Service should be able to purchase the best service they can and expect the BEST Performance from the Network that can be delivered. It is plain insane to allow a Network provider the luxury of Getting paid First to deliver PREMIUM Service and then accept pay again to provide what... Better than premium service?? How then could the same Network Provider who happens to also be an Access Service Provider and also a Content Service Provider, do any customer justice by serving up ANY CONTENT faster than ANY CUSTOMERS FIRST CHOICE... regardless to what it is. No Content Provider should be able to influence how You or I perceive the internet other than by the quality of their product. No Network Provider should be able to restrict the flow because Joe paid them to do so.

What about the Infrastructure?... Well... That is why I PAY FOR PREMIUM SERVICE.