"We're trying to develop tools, software tools...that allow people to detect what's happening with their broadband connections, so they can let [ISPs] know that they're not happy with what they're getting – that they think certain services are being tampered with," Google senior policy director Richard Whitt said this morning during a panel discussion at Santa Clara University, an hour south of San Francisco."

The article continues:

"Whitt wouldn’t say when these tools would be available – or how they will operate. But he did indicate that ultra-clever Google engineers began work on the project some time ago. We’re guessing they were inspired by Comcast – the big-name American ISP caught blocking BitTorrent and other peer-to-peer traffic last summer."

Link:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/13/google_network_management_tools/

Interesting... Let's see what happens with this...