[Porsche-O-Phile]

She is speaking for the people she represents - shareholders of Ebay stock. Obviously ebay would take a big hit on this, they obviously wouldn't let their profits slip, so they'd jack up fees even more and market share would plummet.

On the upside, maybe there would be some good of increased fees on ebay - less bot-generated listings and automated "L@@K HERE DOOD!!!" crap. But maybe not. In any case, I don't think a tiered internet is the way to accomplish better, more above-board, less obnoxious ebay auctions. It's like killing a gnat with a flamethrower and burning your house down in the process.

The internet was originally arpanet - a government project designed to provide redundant communications in time of national peril. As such, the government does actually have a say in this. It's ultimately their network - not the telecommunication companies' network.

If tiered internet is such a good idea, then the telecom. companies can establish their own such tiered networks and then make the case for using it directly to the end users. Live by free market ideology, die by free market ideology.