At Stake: The Net as We Know It

[ajak]

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2005/tc20051215_141991.htm

 

[stoke]

Greedy ignorant ba$t@rdz .
Seriously - do they really have to choke everything to death ?
Oh wait - teklom is already doing this here - try VOIP to Europe on a Shaped ADSL account.

 

[mccrack]

Yep , it's nothing but greed.

The Fixed Line Operators customers are already paying for their network, why charge the content providers, they're providing the content to YOUR fracking customers....

 

[caroper]

"If [phone companies] restrict where people go on the Net, they'd leave in droves" for cable competitors.

if only we could

 

[Tux]

They're playing right up telscum's alley. It just gives their spindoctors more ammo to use when spouting their drivel to the media.

 

[pimal3]

Please leave comments on the article's page to warn these guys.

 

[ettubrute]

Hmmm. Seems first world is learning from third world, instead of the other way around... sounds like teklom graduates are spreading across the world...