The issue of network management is at the heart of Monday's hearing. Specifically, the commissioners are looking for answers about what is or isn't "reasonable," which is how Comcast describes their practice of forging reset packets to fool customers' computers into thinking a BitTorrent connection has ended by the computer at the other end.
Although tomorrow's hearing may not get commissioners any closer to deciding where to draw the line between reasonable and unreasonable network management, it's certainly another step towards having an honest debate about what ISPs are doing wrong (and right) when it comes to handling and selling connection speeds. While Comcast says P2P applications are an unreasonable strain on existing infrastructure, many consumers would counter with complaints that broadband internet providers, especially cable companies, are at fault for advertising connection speeds they can't guarantee on a consistent basis.