Hi Mark, Here’s a hypothesis… every major consumer Internet provider is ALREADY shaping / prioritizing IP traffic across their respective networks. Some are being more blatant by slowing your connection down the more you download; others are setting maximum burst thresholds for peer-to-peer applications, or giving priority to port 80 web traffic. It’s easier to implement shaping and packet prioritization to maintain network integrity and profitability than try to market a metered package to residential customers. Shaw took the first stab at trying to charge a premium for “guaranteed quality of service.” It will be interesting to see how the old men at the CRTC try to wrap their heads around the complex issue of net neutrality. Regulation, in my opinion, is useless because it can't be enforced (unless a regulatory body such as the CRTC gets intimately involved in carrier IP network management).