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mrvid
join:2007-06-19
Levittown, NY
| not true competitors, chance companies that took a shot .. My feelings on this, strictly what I feel; voip, iptv providers that don't pay anything to the ISP's for passage over the net are not really competitors, they are providers of like services that offer it as long as it is financially feasable to offer it. A true competitor does not use the competition's network and give them nothing for it, if I understand the terms going on correctly. | |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
| Re: not true competitors, chance companies that took a shot .. What are you talking about...
VoIP/IPTV/Netflix etc. ALL have to have some form of connection to the Internet so that people can actually use it.
The Internet connection is not intended to be a 'we own the last mile, therefore pay us toll fees' for access.
Customers pay for the use - ISPs are making profit off of that. ISPs want more profit (why not) and would like to make the Internet a walled garden where information flow is
a) Controlled (well they do have to manage the network)
b) Paid for (duh) - problem is that it ISPs want payment from both customers (who use the Internet) and content providers. If there were no content providers, there would be no customers.
c) Make money off of every piece (it is a capital society) - resell your point-click data, data mining, demographics, NebuAd... where does it end.
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ieolus
Support The Clecs
join:2001-06-19
Duluth, GA
| The problem with that view is that the last mile into people's homes is dominated by 1 or (if lucky) 2 to 3 "service providers".
Do you not see a problem with the service provider also providing (and charging for) the content, when there are probably better content providers out there on the 'net?
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| Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA
 ·Verizon FIOS
1 edit | Last mile is a government controlled oligopoly. You can't have competition there without blackening the sky with overhead cables, or constantly digging up all our roads.
However you're getting at the root problem which provides the obvious answer. Content/Service providers NEED to be separate from network owners. Like it used to be. It's a quick and dirty fix where the network owners would be required spinoffs of the service providers. Shares issued of both to all shareholders, no one is getting robbed, no injustice done. Maybe the senior managers take a pay cut because of empire shrinkage (which is why this doesn't happen) but, too bad so sad. | |
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