On the current internet, all traffic is treated the same, so carriers cannot offer higher service even if customers are willing to pay for it. AT&T and Bell South are lobbying to change this -- presumably in their new plan, some IP packets will get higher priority over others.
This does not seem obviously bad to me, but I instinctively oppose anything that messes with the basic end-to-end design of the Internet.
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