Comments on: Net Neutrality Wars Breaks Out http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2512 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:01:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Inglix the Mad http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2512#comment-9820 Wed, 18 Jan 2006 05:34:43 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2512#comment-9820 The mob would be envious of the Bell's cojones here. A fair chunk of their network was built with federal tax dollars. I want my money back then, I'm sure every member of my family, and most of the rest of the country would as well. Gah! This reminds me of that BS they tried to pull in the early 90's claiming that Internet users were burdening the local telephone network and thus Internet users should have to pay more. That was debunked. I swear, when they broke AT&T into seperate companies, they should have taken away ALL of the physical wires/cables from these greedy twits and let them bid on phone service with others over the wires our taxes paid for. I won't argue with Cable, at least in my town they paid for all their equipment. The bells should shut up about "their network" because it's not theirs in the first place. The mob would be envious of the Bell’s cojones here. A fair chunk of their network was built with federal tax dollars. I want my money back then, I’m sure every member of my family, and most of the rest of the country would as well.

Gah! This reminds me of that BS they tried to pull in the early 90’s claiming that Internet users were burdening the local telephone network and thus Internet users should have to pay more. That was debunked.

I swear, when they broke AT&T into seperate companies, they should have taken away ALL of the physical wires/cables from these greedy twits and let them bid on phone service with others over the wires our taxes paid for.

I won’t argue with Cable, at least in my town they paid for all their equipment. The bells should shut up about “their network” because it’s not theirs in the first place.

]]> by: Evans http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2512#comment-9786 Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:35:54 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2512#comment-9786 yes, that's the scenario the carriers are trying to create. clearly, there are significant flaws in this strategy. mark yes, that’s the scenario the carriers are trying to create. clearly, there are significant flaws in this strategy.

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]]> by: Stephen http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2512#comment-9785 Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:31:30 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2512#comment-9785 So, I pay my telco for super-duper high speed access, go to my favorite site to stream some content in real time only to find out because they haven't forked over the fee to my ISP I can only download at a slower speed than what i paid for. I hope they fully disclose that the speed you pay for is not avail unless that content provider is a "preferred" provider. I can see that this will lock out the samll players who are really the ones that come up with anything innovative. So, I pay my telco for super-duper high speed access, go to my favorite site to stream some content in real time only to find out because they haven’t forked over the fee to my ISP I can only download at a slower speed than what i paid for. I hope they fully disclose that the speed you pay for is not avail unless that content provider is a “preferred” provider.

I can see that this will lock out the samll players who are really the ones that come up with anything innovative.

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