radarman
join:2005-06-01
Odenton, MD
| reply to GOLFnSUN
Re: Content providers won't get the blank check they want
Since when did Internet content providers get a break? As far as I can tell, they still pay their upstream ISP if they use more bandwidth - and in a lot of cases, that can add up quickly.
That's the subtle little lie that the bells aren't admitting - nobody is getting a free ride as it stands. Everyone pays to put packets on the Internet. AT&T is irritated because they feel everyone should be paying them *IN ADDITION TO* their upstream provider. They want to be a defacto tax authority on the 'net. |
