With the iPhone 4S jumping off the shelves, and buzz about the iPhone 5 continuing to mount, no one spends much time talking orthinking about the lowly 3GS, which you can get for free with a two-year service contract.
The FCC already has tipped its hand about its thinking--or rather, that of Michael Powell, the avowedly free-market chairman, in office since January of last year (and a frequently dissenting commissioner before that).