As for tiered service, the reality of tiering is that it would be perhaps comparable to upgrading your cable from what you have now to HDTV cable. Not everyone wants or needs HD, but many do want it. For someone who does want that feature, they can opt to pay a bit more and add HD versions of many channels to their currently existing service. Tiered internet is essentially the same. It doesn’t mean downgrading across the web–it means adding another, higher-speed option on top of what is currently in place, to allow people who really need it the option to pay a bit more for higher-speed connections.

Please feel free to check into my coalition’s website, I work with Hands Off The Internet. Our site can be found at http://handsoff.org