Re: Two Tiered Internet

The telephone companies are asking for the same ability to sell multiple services over the same physical line. Cable companies didn't make their Internet service slower when they add more private services, why do people expect the telephone companies to make their Internet service worse when the telephone companies add private services to their network?

Because they're telephone companies. Because they can't manufacture bandwidth that isn't there. Cable co's provide broadband with a fraction of the loop capacity. For telco's to offer premium service, they have to take from the aggregate capacity. It's a zero sum game, and for the telco's to get more, the subscribers get less. Tony