| err, what happened to not riding "our pipes" for free? So, if youtube was to begin charging ISPs for customer access to content, then that'd be okay with these ISPs? I'm shocked the same last mile providers that want to charge both sides for usage, particularly video usage, don't have any problem paying content providers to load content onto those same pipes...
F'ing weird. Youtube could make a mint by turning pay-for-access with their huge marketshare. When the ISP's balked, they could just point to the ESPN-360 model and say, "hey, you didn't mind doing it for those guys, so pay up."
Seems like ISP's screwed themselves by setting that precedent. Now every "unique" content provider will start getting dollar signs in their eyes and using the ISP as the intermediary to deal with instead of negotiating w/ only those users that want the service.
Sounds kind of like CATV, where some other middle-man decides what everyone wants access to. |
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| It'd be neat to see that Mr.Pipes-AT&T was paying ESPN. 
Anyone on AT&T want to see if they can get into ESPN 360 and chime in here to let us know? |
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1 edit | Well, well. Looky here:
»mediamemo.allthingsd.com/2009051···60-pact/
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The announcement means that ESPN360.com, which lets you watch all sorts of live sports, whether or not the flagship ESPN channel is broadcasting them, will be available to 41 million homes “in time for college football season.” It’s already available via a host of ISPs, including AT&T[.....]
So when Mr Pipes said, "Why should they be able to use my pipes for free," what he meant was he felt AT&T should be paying Google et-al to use AT&T's pipes.
This entertainment is free of charge. |
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA | said by Millenniumle:So when Mr Pipes said, "Why should they be able to use my pipes for free," what he meant was he felt AT&T should be paying them to use AT&T's pipes. This entertainment is free of charge. That's right it's the exact opposite of what Ed Whitacre said. Maybe AT&T should be paying Google! |
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join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to Millenniumle
said by Millenniumle:It'd be neat to see that Mr.Pipes-AT&T was paying ESPN. Anyone on AT&T want to see if they can get into ESPN 360 and chime in here to let us know? Yes you can. So at&t PAYS ESPN for access to ESPN360 then turns around and says content providers should be paying them. So the WHY are they paying ESPN? Not only is ESPN "riding at&t pipes for free" they are geting PAID by at&t. I'd liek to see them explain this contradiction to a Senate committee. |
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