Fronkman
Macs Do It Better
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Saint Louis, MO
| Re: chip in some change? that is a bunch of garbage. this is google's fault? why is it that the cell phone companies actually charge LESS than they did 10 years ago when they are enormously more users using huge amounts of service? do the people who sell those stupid annoying ringtones owe money to cell phone companies because their crap is popular?
look at it this way, parts of the internet are like toll roads. google already pays to get on the road at their end, and we all pay to get on the road at our end. we just happen to meet at one of the rest stops somewhere in the middle to exchange our data. however, since the ISPs and backbones have so much control over the road, they want to charge successful companies (like google) again to access the road.
it is within their rights to do that, but the US government should be aware that this will stifle innovation and growth in one of the last parts of the US economy which still has strong growth. if they want to do that go ahead.
all this amounts to is a punishment for being successful. the ISPs never want to double bill the guy with a blog about his cat. they only want to double bill the huge successes. good luck greedy guys. your customers will certainly love this tactic.
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