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A Little History
How about a little history of the internet and the TELCOS. When the internet was first started, anyone remember what it was called?? How about ARPA/DARPA net. This network was built not by the telcos but by the TAXPAYERS of the US. The Telcos (MABELL) was shown this in the early 70's and was offered a chance to get on board. The response back then, what is in it for US??? At the time there was nothing in it for them so they passed. Now fast forward to today. The TELCOS are claiming thet THEY BUILT the netework, WRONG. OUR tax dollars are responsible for the internet as it is today. The TELCOS seem to forget that they HAD the chance back in the internets early day and passed it up. Now the TELCOS want to charge not only it's subscribers, but also the providers for usage. Now there is a thing called a cross connect agreement that the TELCOS have with each other and all of the MAJOR BACKBONE carriers of the internet. So what gives the TELCOS the right to basicly violate the cross connect agreements and charge Yahoo and Google money to provide data that the TELCOS subscriber, who is paying the TELCOS for the service, requested. After all Google and Yahoo pay someother carrier for the bandwidth they use. The cross connect agreement between the carriers covers that. HMMMMM sounds like the TELCOS are double dipping to me. Or are they just being GREEDY. Either way you look at it the TELCOS are just a bunch of cry babies trying to make a buck off of what you and I have already bought and paid for.

Yes, they might own the fiber lines, but guess what, we the taxpayers bought and paid for them also. Back in the 90's with deregulation they were given a bunch of tax incentives to build up their existing network. Now they claim that THEY did all of this at THEIR expense. Did they really?? NO, that was what the tax incentives were for, so they did not pay anything, they were paid to do it.

The TELCOS need to grow up and learn that they can not have it both ways.
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YES.  HypnoToad | 03/15/06
I PAID  CobraA1 | 03/15/06
No kidding  voska | 03/15/06
WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING????  BUCKWHEATONRICE | 03/15/06
connection fee, YES !  hotshop123 | 03/16/06
Please send me the URL ...  Jake Danger | 03/15/06
You realize  maxo_z | 03/15/06
Not communism!!!  OhMyGosh | 03/15/06
Application Neutrality  amorde | 03/15/06
Exactly  george_ou | 03/15/06
That is a fantastic idea  el1jones | 03/15/06
Good idea  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 03/15/06
NET NEUTRALITY  NATE72 | 03/15/06
Yeah, what happened to all the unused dark fiber?  ordaj@... | 03/15/06
Do you even need a Telco anymore?  voska | 03/15/06
Verizon 'just here to help' ??  bjornafreeman@... | 03/15/06
Its about iTunes  SirLanse | 03/15/06
Bogus arguments???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/15/06
Thats a VERY good point.  Been_Done_Before | 03/15/06
I thought the same thing..  Patrick Jones | 03/15/06
Yes but that's why google pays on their end  maxo_z | 03/15/06
Doesn't matter how much Google pays their ISP  John Zern | 03/16/06
So the user is on your ISP's network, right?  ac2_z | 03/17/06
Excellent Point!  Still Lynn | 03/16/06
Real target: VoIP Providers  ejhonda | 03/15/06
power to control the internet is real power  MIS Master | 03/15/06
VoIP is Premium  cdiazh | 03/15/06
NET NEUTRALITY  NATE72 | 03/15/06
You obviously don't know how VOIP works...  BitTwiddler | 03/15/06
No VoIP in NOT a broadband hog  ac2_z | 03/15/06
VoIP is minimal data.  maxo_z | 03/15/06
voip is not a premium. Packets are packets  adr5@... | 03/16/06
Cell long distance is free too!  Still Lynn | 03/16/06
If they want to charge by usage...  jasonp@... | 03/15/06
If you agree to allow this, then get out your Nickels and Dimes...  BitTwiddler | 03/15/06
A Little History  srichardson@... | 03/15/06
Well said!!  TJGodel | 03/15/06
Bandwidth hogs? That's Spin.  ordaj@... | 03/15/06
It's always comes down to the bottom line.  Jake Danger | 03/15/06
Comcast  Patrick Jones | 03/15/06
The dollar IS king  shraven | 03/16/06
Yes we should. We do it everywhere else, why not here  John Zern | 03/15/06
Put a meter on your broadband connection...  wizzzer | 03/15/06
They already are paying.  maxo_z | 03/15/06
You don't understand. Key phrase: "On their end"  John Zern | 03/16/06
Your ISP must really suck  ac2_z | 03/17/06
Then they should move outside USA  jason.mailley | 03/15/06
we are already paying  adr5@... | 03/16/06
Broadband is purchased  bjbrock | 03/15/06
The reality in most of the developed world  alricsca | 03/15/06
High speed is even better in the 3rd world  jason.mailley | 03/15/06
In no way should anyone pay more.  TJGodel | 03/15/06
WEBHOGS  mjd420nova | 03/15/06
"customers would not allow this to happen"  The Reverend | 03/15/06
wake up sucker  shraven | 03/16/06
Nader ? And you call me a sucker? HA HA HA.  The Reverend | 03/20/06
They aren't adding up...  hawkeyeaz1 | 03/15/06
Free? Who is really trying to get the lunch here...  supercharlie | 03/16/06
Bandwidth is already paid for by everyone that uses it.  bharris0 | 03/16/06
Bandwith hogs  paidfare | 03/16/06
Article Needed on How it Really Works  Lynne's Honey | 03/18/06
The Imaginary Problem of Net Neutrality  AJ Carey | 03/20/06
it's about time!  oldhats | 03/20/06

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