Not sure if this was reported elsewhere, but those who expect no application throttling or STM by ISPs might like to look at this article:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/02/bennett_fcc/
This reports that the FCC, in the USA, have told Comcast to stop underhand throttling etc, but to simply do things more straightforwardly and introduce volume charging for their net connections.
The headline of the article says it all though ("Why the US faces broadband price hikes") and that is if uncontrolled internet services are provided the price will go up...although proportionally and perhaps more fairly, for those who use more bandwidth.
Interestingly the FCC are not getting involved from the consumers standpoint but because of technical reasons which are debated in the article.
APS