"Nothing's the same anymore." -- Commander Sinclair, Bab 5, Season 1. I am hoping to get this written up soon, but the more I look at the underlying fight between Comcast and Level 3, the more convinced I become that the Internet is about to undergo its most fundamental change since NSF privatized the backbone. Characterizing this as a "peering dispute" is like characterizing the the Chicago Fire as a "unfortunate accident with a cow, a lantern, and a hay bale."