I can't deny that Comcast's actions are a bit reprehensible though they are not uncommon in the ISP industry. I've worked for a few in my day and its an interesting business. The real matter nobody ever seems to bring up that pure net neutrality is not all that great of an idea. While I agree that the Internet needs to remain an open space for the individuals and large corporationa alike to have equal footing for the exchange of ideas and information, we also need to have an internet that is ready to adapt with the latest of technologies such as Voice over IP, Video over IP and Lord only knows what is next down the pike. The ability to prioritize and, yes, even degrade some traffic is essential to the progression of such innovations.

The key is, everyone needs to have reasonable access to those "fast lanes". That fair access is likely more to better come from demand of the consumer and consumer masses rather than from government panels. The government has never been all that good at creating regulation that can keep up with the times. We are better off in this day and age with self regulation. This whole Comcast mess is a great example of why that works. Comcast does something bad, they get called on it by John Q Citizen and action is taken both within government and by the people. To me, that sounds like a system that is already working. Rushing into regulation in this case is likely to just lead us to regulation the caliber of what we got with the DMCA.