If anybody's still reading fresh comments on this story...
"The FCC is going to force cable companies to provide many more details over their internet offerings: everything from speeds, rates, restrictions and packet loss stats. And it will do so for the consumer.
But, it doesn't know how to. So it is asking its Consumer Advisory Committee to come up with a plan within six months."
Actually this concern is at least ten years old and the answer already exists:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4084
Biting the hand that feeds IT
