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August 2, 2006

Net Neutrality 8-2-2006

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 6:46 am

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I’m adding this link to the Net Neutrality Page.

Telcos Keep Castigating the “Free-Riders”

GigaOm’s Katie Fehrenbacher attended today a speech by AT&T Chairman Ed Whitacre before the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and reports that he’s as hard-line as ever about network neutrality. Here’s what he said:

“Some companies want us to be a big dumb pipe that gets bigger and bigger…No one gets a free ride. The American economy doesn’t work that way…We are not going to build this with no chance for a return. Those that want to use this will pay.”

Comcast, Cox, Time Warner to Start Mobile Voice Tests

The Hollywood Reporter’s Andrew Wallenstein has this extended, excellent piece on the cable-telco battle of the bundles. Buried in the article, however, is something new to me: Comcast, Time Warner and Cox will start this month testing the sale of mobile voice service as part of a new, expanded quadruple-play package.

This potentially killer combination flows from the $200 million dollar-backed consortium formed last year by Comcast, Time Warner, Cox Communications and Advance/Newhouse with Sprint-Nextel. According to the piece, Comcast and Cox will trial a mobile voice service in selected markets including Boston, Austin, Texas, and Portland, OR. . . .

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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8 Comments to “Net Neutrality 8-2-2006”

  1. August 2nd, 2006 at 7:25 am
    alan levy said

    This is scary stuff and has siginificant implications for all of us.

    I posted on this very topic on my blog at

    http://blogtalkradio.blogspot.com/2006/07/net-neutrality-will-broadband-giants.html

    If you haven’t seen it the Jon Stewart piece is hilarious

    Alan

  2. August 2nd, 2006 at 9:11 am
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Alan,
    I agree. It’s getting really scary. Unfortunately, I don’t see much that can be done.

  3. August 2nd, 2006 at 10:10 am
    Advice Librarian said

    Make a call.

    Stevens is STILL trying to sneak the bill in through the back door through a cloture vote Thursday - so call, fax, show up at the congressional office, ask 400 of your closest buddies to do the same…

    It’s an election year and if your congresscritters get the impression that this issue annoys people and is something that can be used as campaign material they’re more likely to kill the beast. Which will only happen if you personally help make it happen…

  4. August 2nd, 2006 at 10:22 am
    ME Strauss said

    That I can do. Thanks AdLIb.

    My cell phone has plenty of minutes. You’re right about letting congresscritters know what real people think.

  5. August 2nd, 2006 at 10:29 am
    Advice Librarian said

    Hey, use 5 of those minutes to talk to the Kid in college and ask him to round up some of his friends to spread the word on the university too, eh? The more the merrier, and once you tap into the university network it’s amazing how many different home states you have in a single class… and I imagine college/university students aren’t particularily happy with the thought of getting price-gouged by the phone company than we are…

  6. August 2nd, 2006 at 10:32 am
    ME Strauss said

    Great idea! It’s his birthday today! I’ll be talking to him in a minute anyway!!

  7. August 2nd, 2006 at 10:34 am
    Advice Librarian said

    Cool - hey, is he still interning this summer? If so, it wouldn’t hurt to suggest a lunch-hour topic either, eh?

  8. August 2nd, 2006 at 10:36 am
    ME Strauss said

    The internship is over. :(

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