In the end game the ISPs will get exactly what they don't want -- to be regulated as a public utility in the United States.

With the advent of the "Internet of Things" your power meter, refrigerator, house alarm, etc.. may need an Internet connection to fully function. Thirty percent of workers will work from home remotely over the Internet in the next 10 years. E-Commerce will account for an ever-growing share of the economy.

At that point, Internet connectivity is no longer an option and will be regulated for the public good as a utility. Regulation as a utility will not lower the costs of service necessarily.

If you observe the Federal highway system, and the federal and state DOT, the fuel taxes for passenger vehicles and common carrier trucking operators -- you get the picture of the likely pattern that the FCC may follow. ISPs may have to get approval for tariff rates (price tiers and rate hikes).

I would expect the Telcos and Cable companies to fuck themselves over with their own greed.

So either way, the Internet will cost more -- pick your poison ...

I would not overestimate the importance of tubes or porn video in this issue, they are minor players in the big picture.