Tuesday, June 17, 2008
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Charging by the Byte to Curb Internet Traffic
Does no one remember ACTA?
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Comments/actapet.html

Lots of other links:
http://www2.sims.berkeley.edu/resources/affiliates/workshops/regulate/

The poor phone companies claimed massive internet congestion because of
"internet telephony" --- it was just a ruse to charge VOIP companies more
money or block them.

Today's let's charge by the byte is just another iteration of the problem --
they don't want any video that they can't control and get paid for.

SBC, Ed Whitacre's famous "we own the pipes" was a target at google et al
offering video. This entire issue is again more troubling because we have a
created a monopoly/duopoly of vertically integrated companies who can
control not only the speed but the access to the internet.

The Bell companies, now AT&T and Verizon, collected over $240 billion to
have over 93 million homes rewired with fiber -- and instead, never properly
upgraded their networks but pocketed the money. -- Why has no one bothered
to examine what wasn't built and why any congestion problem exists.

Remember, the Bells claimed they would be deploying 45mbps services in both
directions -- so how can they now claim there is any 'video congestion' as
their networks should have been more than capable.

And the cablecos? Well, under the 'social contract' of 1995, they have been
allowed to charge every customer about $1. a month (which was supposed to
stop in 2000 but didn't) to upgrade the networks. --- Where's the billions
back or adequate networks?

Bruce Kushnick

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