NNSquad - Network Neutrality Squad
[ NNSquad ] Re: More on Verizon's rejection of AT&T's attitude toward filtering
> this is like the printer who claims that he should get a share of the > revenues from the book he printed as opposed to profit based on the > cost of printing. > v Indeed, and this is made worse by the fact that anticompetitive factors can creep in through a variety of vectors. The bandwidth caps, tiers, and surcharges now being contemplated by various ISPs become especially problematic when viewed in terms of ISPs' own provision of data intensive content (e.g. video and movie services) that would *not* be subject to the ISP-dictated bandwidth constraints placed on external Internet traffic and similar external services. The potentially anticompetitive aspects of this situation are obvious and dramatic. --Lauren-- NNSquad Moderator