One of the more hopeful stories coming out of the Katrina disaster was that the city would open its wi-fi network to anyone wishing to use it for free. As a staunch libertarian, I generally disapprove of the government doing anything that puts it in competition with the private sector, but in this case I’m almost ready to support the government wi-fi program just to see the telecoms screwed. With stories coming out regularly on the email tax and other such shady business practices, I don’t think it’s any wonder that many people harbor ill will against the telecoms and ISPs.
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Just read this today http://www.networkingpipeline.com/blog/archives/2006/03/fcc_chief_att_c.html
Basically, the FCC Chief agrees with telcos who want to charge for bandwidth usage. So not only will Google, Yahoo etc. have to pay, but bandwidth will be limited to sites that don’t.
The writer states: “That could help end Internet and network innovation, and we simply can’t afford that.”
Profit of course is the bottom line.