Shifting bargaining power in the NN debate

In the net neutrality debate, this is how bargaining power is shifting:

1. OTTs are afraid ISPs will extort money from them, hence claim strong NN regulation is needed.
2. Netflix turned this upside down and hinted at being able to charge ISPs - but added that it won't.
3. Now, Time Warner Cable appears to be afraid of being charged by OTTs.
4. Comcast came out as a defender of NN regulation.

And so:

• Everybody is in favour of weak NN.
• ISPs and OTTs both have bargaining power.

Conclusion: all regulators need to do is:

• Keep an eye on weak NN not being violated.
• Make sure peering is made free (in Google's words: it's a win-win-win not to charge for peering), as long as OTTs and ISPs do their utmost to interconnect in such a way that traffic is not hindered, i.e. OTTs deliver traffic at the ISP and ISPs add capacity when needed.