It's kind of fitting that I'm mentioning this city, but have you seen the D.C. Beltway? There are existing lanes that are reserved for people that want to pay for the 'fast lane' . There are other things like HOV lanes and stuff that, overall, harm traffic more than hurt it (though I'm well aware why those things exist).

I completely get your analogy though. The cable companies have been looking for *anything* to halt cord cutting. While this overturn won't hurt companies like Netflix and Hulu (they can afford to pay for more bandwidth ... and they should), it is going to kill things like torrents and other sites that provide video that cable companies hate.

I wonder how YouTube is going to fare in this situation? If anything, I'm sure Google will be well motivated to roll out their Google Fiber project at a bit faster rate.