LostInSpace Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 CNN: NEW YORK (AP) -- On the Internet, the traffic cops are blind -- they don't look at the data they're directing, and they don't give preferential treatment. quote: The carriers have stoked those fears with some hard-line rhetoric. John Thorne, Verizon Communications Inc.'s senior vice president and deputy general counsel, was quoted by The Washington Post as telling a conference that Google "is enjoying a free lunch that should, by any rational account, be the lunch of the facilities providers." Ed Whitacre, AT&T's chief executive, has raised eyebrows with similar statements to the effect that Google and Yahoo Inc. are freeloading on the Internet, a remarkable assertion considering both companies pay millions of dollars in Internet access fees, and their visitors pay for Internet access as well. quote: U.S. carriers are careful to point out that they don't intend to block anyone's Internet access or degrade service.Well we shall see. If business history is anything to go by, I don't believe a word of that statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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