I think the general problem here...which the FCC, the White House, and the “rocket scientists” haven’t addressed....is that applications and downloads are increasing...while the net...to about 90 percent is us...is pretty much close to maximum. So this entire discussion here...leads nowhere.
I know around 6PM in my neighborhood...things are running probably half the speed that I’m paying for. By 8PM, that kinda clears up.
I believe this is also becoming important because of the big increases in smart phone use over 3G networks.
When you have AT&T wireless and Apple creating exclusive agreements with each other and thus dictating specifically what applications can be used on these devices and on its network.
Such as the recent revelation that Apple & AT&T are continuing to block all Google iVoice Apps from running on the iPhone and being available at the Apple App store.
Technology is on the way. Electronic switches are the bottleneck. Optical switch interfaces will be 1000X faster.