Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Didn't somebody say this would happen ....
This is what happens when all the little Telco's start collapsing into a few big behemoths.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1915526,00.asp
AT&T: "Free Ride" For Google And Others Is Over
Carriers push for tiers, Google isn't buying
Now AT&T and Verizon have this idea about charging extra for large bandwidth users.
Ummmm Duh ..... Don't we already pay for bandwidth???
You go to an ISP, say "give me a T1" , or a T3, or some sort of frame circuit with a "committed data rate" meaning "the provider" commits to providing you a certain capacity and "you" commit to paying for that capacity whether you use it or not.
Let's also keep in mind that EVERYBODY in this equation has paid for what they're using. I have paid my ISP for my connection to the Internet. The service I connect to has paid for it's connection to the net. This isn't like a bookie running his operation out of a phone booth!
Granted, because of the way the internet works I or the service I connect to may not be paying the major telcos directly. For example My ISP is X, and Google Connects to Y, and X is connected to Y via AT&T. ISP X and ISP Y are paying AT&T for their connections. If the telcos think they're being treated unfairly they should renegotiate their contracts with the services that connect to them. The fact their calling this a "free ride" is ludicrous!!
This is like going to a gas station and buying gas .... you pay the attendant ... but then the truck driver that drove the tank truck to the station to deliver the gas says you have to pay him too. Didn't the gas station pay to have that gas delivered?? If not, it's not my problem .... sounds like a poor business plan on the part of the delivery driver.
#posted by Rob Roschewsk @ 10:24 AM