>> because they want to be able to charge a premium for some sites >Elaborate on this plan. OK. Comcast offers their "On Demand" service over their IP network.

>> because they want to be able to charge a premium for some sites >Elaborate on this plan. OK. Comcast offers their "On Demand" service over their IP network. I can consume it with their set-top box, or with an XFinity app on my XBox. The bandwidth that I use for this app does not count against any data cap that Comcast may impose, and they're also doing traffic shaping to give this on-demand content preference over what I would get with Amazon or Netflix apps sitting next to the Comcast app in my home menu. That is using their position as the last-mile provider to give their content preferential treatment. >> and give preferential routing to some kinds of traffic. >This is generally how the internet works. When you say "kinds" you mean surgery in action data vs. netflix data. Or when you say "kinds" do you mean netflix data vs. ISP movie provider data. That is the same kind of data. You need to be a little more clear. The internet gives preferential routing to certain kinds of data by design. See above. Comcast and others are already giving preferential treatment to their own video streaming services vs. other services that are streaming the same kind of content.