Boo hoo hoo. ISPs want to charge more for video. What they really need to do is roll back the clock to the mid-90s, re-enable mbone on all the routers on the internet, and let the infrastructure take care of it. Instead, Akamai has become rich and bittorrent has arrived as the hacked version of what mbone was supposed to be. Infrastructure-supported subscribed connections. Alternately, just keep chasing the money, 3-pc-suit-guys.

Internet providers say infrastructure not ready for video revolution

While programmers are in a chaotic race to move television to the Web, Internet service providers are worried that the network infrastructure is not ready for a primetime debut.

Small clips are fine, but TV-quality and especially high-definition programming could make the Internet choke, the Associated Press reported.