[fgonzag]

It won't because usually your options are 50 Mbit line (maybe 100 if you're really lucky) or a 1Gb line for the same price.

I'd happily take the arbitration clause for 10x and probably 20x the speedup.

[heroprotagonist]

Beyond that, your other options will also usually include arbitration clauses. If it's a deal-breaker for choosing Google, it'll be a deal-breaker for choosing anyone else.

[ocdtrekkie]

That's a fair point. As the article's title points out, Comcast does the same.

[deadowl]

Does FairPoint?

[ocdtrekkie]

http://www.fairpoint.com/document/Residential_HSI_Terms_of_S...

This document, found via a quick search, doesn't seem to contain the word "arbitration".