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more on interesting comment djf At SBC, It's All About "Scale and Scope"
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 14:03:36 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: David Lesher <wb8foz () nrk com> Date: October 30, 2005 1:02:41 PM EST To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] At SBC, It's All About "Scale and Scope" Reply-To: wb8foz () nrk com Dr F: Here's the part to REALLY worry about:
How concerned are you about Internet upstarts like Google (GOOG ), MSN, Vonage, and others? How do you think they're going to get to customers? Through a broadband pipe. Cable companies have them. We have them. Now what they would like to do is use my pipes free, but I ain't going to let them do that because we have spent this capital and we have to have a return on it. So there's going to have to be some mechanism for these people who use these pipes to pay for the portion they're using. Why should they be allowed to use my pipes?
Not a MENTION that it is his customers that are paying for access. In short, he wants Pay Per View to apply to Internet access, and since we are rapidly approaching duopoly {at best} in the last mile [dialup being less and less useful]; that means: See what SBC wants you to see, period. Thomas Payne must be twitching already, and will soon be spinning in his grave. ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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