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It's your analogies that seem like weak tea to me. Most any business can offer any quality of service they choose, at whatever price they want, whether or not they participate in the lobbying game. Why don't we expect ISPs to compete on price and service like every other sector?

Perhaps you can correct me, but I'm not aware of any price controls for home internet service, where most people would use BitTorrent or Tor. I should say, where most people wouldn't use BitTorrent or Tor; do even five percent of home users know what those services are?

Your worst-case-scenario sounds like something a lot of customers would appreciate: being able to save money by forgoing services they don't want.