Of course, the free market will reward whoever has the best.... Haahahahaha! Aww, I made myself sad. :( How about this, the FCC puts out a quality survey that assesses quality based on dropped packets. This very public assessment of the companies might sufficiently shame them into upgrading. Also, companies with congested networks should be treated differently at the regulatory level. If we ever get into regulating cable leases, those providers with congested networks get to charge their leasees only 80% of cost.

Can we firmly establish responsibility when there's an outbreak of whooping cough? Can someone subpeona medical records en-masse to determine who didn't get a shot and file civil damages against them? Because if we aren't going to have a registry, that other thing needs to be possible. If my kid died of whooping cough because some fuckwit listened to Jim Carrey's looney wife, I'd want as many pounds of flesh from that fuck as possible. How else would you discourage that behavior if they're convinced the health of their children isn't at risk?

Hulu is essentially IP television. Sure they're double dipping getting ad revenue and subscriber fees, but its still a step forward from fixed schedule garbage television.