There's been a lot of talk about it in Canada, and it's pretty obvious as to why: the companies who want to implement these fees are cable providers and telephone companies that own television stations. So they are doing their best to protect those interests from the onslaught of online competitors. Coincidentally, they are also offering online video services that complement their internet services, for an extra fee.

Unfortunately, you can't avoid this stuff by going through an independent ISP because those cable and telephone companies also own the infrastructure that the independent ISPs depend upon to deliver their services.