re FCC will tame the Internet - or Kill It

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary security deserve neither liberty nor 
security.”   Benjamin Franklin 

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> From: "David P. Reed" <dpreed () reed com>
> Date: June 22, 2010 6:44:54 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] FCC will tame the Internet - or Kill It

> This email is very, very strange.  AT&T *never* built the Internet in the first place - or maybe Dennis Kneale is 
> rewriting history.
>
> In particular, *in the middle '90's* you may recall that the Internet was growing at *record* pace.  What is Randall 
> Stephenson talking about here?  Does Dennis Kneale, whom I know as a rather provocative Forbes editor, but not as 
> particularly knowledgeable about ATT or any other business, know some secret about ATT's (or SBC's) secret role in 
> pushing the Internet forward?
>
> Seems like agitprop.  Perhaps others on this list would like to explain how ATT became such a great Internet company 
> in the 1990's without actually doing anything back then?  Just write a press release in 2010 and it becomes true?
>
> On 06/22/2010 04:51 PM, Dave Farber wrote:
> > Reply to. dave () farber net
> >
> > "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary security deserve neither liberty nor 
> > security.”   Benjamin Franklin 
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: Brett Glass <brett () lariat net>
> > > Date: June 21, 2010 11:38:55 PM EDT
> > > To: "dave () farber net" <dave () farber net>, Ip ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> > > Subject: FCC will tame the Internet - or Kill It
> >
> > > FCC Will Tame the Internet Or Kill It
> > >
> > > Published: Friday, 18 Jun 2010 | 12:07 PM ET
> > > By: Dennis Kneale
> > > CNBC Media & Technology Editor
> > >
> > > For almost two decades the U.S. government has kept its meddlesome mudhooks off the Internet, freeing it to spread 
> > > its kudzu-like tendrils into the global economy. And it worked. The FCC took a big step this week to end all of 
> > > that. For the first time, the Federal Communications Commission proposes using a set of 75-year-old phone 
> > > regulations to oversee the Net of the 21st century and have a say in the prices that companies like AT&T and 
> > > Comcast can charge. And set rules for what traffic they must carry. (Comcast is acquiring a 51 percent stake in NBC 
> > > Universal' CNBC's parent company. The deal is awaiting regulatory approval.)
> > >
> > > Some telecom execs say the FCC's agenda is downright radical. It could thwart high hopes for the wireless Internet, 
> > > centerstage of the next digital revolution. The agency assault could restack the pecking order of winners and 
> > > losers and reshape their stock prices, affecting the portfolios of millions of retirees and investors. It would 
> > > impose new burdens on big carriers, while granting new power to content purveyors like Google and Yahoo.
> > >
> > > At stake is billions of dollars that carriers like Verizon and AT&T spend each year to spruce up their networks to 
> > > carry more digital bits. They will slash their spending if the feds restrain their upside; that could hurts jobs 
> > > growth in high-tech, which employs well over two million people in the U.S.
> > >
> > > If the FCC foray is imminent, "We have to re-evaluate whether we put shovels in the ground," is how AT&T's chief 
> > > executive, Randall Stephenson, put it this week.
> > >
> > > The last time the FCC tried such a major incursion, in the mid-1990s, Stephenson, then the company's chief 
> > > financial officer, cut annual capital spending by more than half, from $12 billion to $5 billion dollars a year. 
> > > That cut lasted for four years, until the courts threw out the FCC overreach.
> > >
> > > More at
> > >
> > > http://www.cnbc.com/id/37779304
> > Archives     



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