Article: Saving the Net: How to Keep the Carriers from Flushing the Net Down the Tube
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CrystalShard Foo
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11-18-2005 05:37
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Kris Ritter
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11-18-2005 05:41
ah well. no bother. it's not like it's worth saving anyhoo.
/waves bye to you lot
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Rathe Underthorn
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11-18-2005 05:50
Bring back the BBS days!  |
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Ghoti Nyak
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11-18-2005 06:37
DoS attack on that site now.  -Ghoti
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Roland Hauptmann
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11-18-2005 06:53
The internet's a fad. But seriously, the article is a bit "chicken little-ish" for me... This part is the real key, and they tend to gloss over it: From: someone They see a problem with freeloaders. On the tall end of the power curve, those 'loaders are AOL, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and other large sources of the container cargo we call "content". Out on the long tail, the freeloaders are you and me. The big 'loaders have been getting a free ride for too long and are going to need to pay. The Information Highway isn't the freaking interstate. It's a system of private roads that needs to start charging tolls. As for the small 'loaders, it hardly matters that they're a boundless source of invention, innovation, vitality and new business. To the carriers, we're all still just "consumers". And we always will be. Notice the reference to Google, and the other "freeloaders". Suppose one carrier decides "Hey! I'm gonna start charging for using my network!" At that point, Google could say, "Oh ya? Well then I guess your network can't access Google. Sorry." And google could TOTALLY do this.. Because Google doesn't NEED those guys. No matter how big that network is... Google could cut off a gigantic part of the internet, and it wouldn't hurt them at all from a business perspective. So, then you're faced with the situation where this network is charging money to be on it, AND you don't get access to Google? Sounds like as an end user, I'd find another network. I think that would prevent the carriers from trying to privatize the net. |
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Eggy Lippmann
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11-18-2005 07:04
From: Roland Hauptmann
Suppose one carrier decides "Hey! I'm gonna start charging for using my network!"
At that point, Google could say, "Oh ya? Well then I guess your network can't access Google. Sorry."
Brilliant! I love it. If only they had the balls to do that  |
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Roland Hauptmann
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11-18-2005 07:05
From: Eggy Lippmann Brilliant! I love it. If only they had the balls to do that Google most certainly has the balls to do that. And the money.. and the power. Think about it... (while I realzie we're talking about carriers and not ISP's.. just bear with me for the sake of argument) Would YOU ever choose to use an ISP where you couldn't access Google? I know that I would most definitely NOT. |
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Lizbeth Marlowe
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11-18-2005 07:14
Yep...the great Google will soon rule the world.  That's what I'm hoping anyway. |
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CrystalShard Foo
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11-18-2005 07:14
Unfortunatly, if the ISP is a big one - you'll get a pretty big crowd of users who will disagree with the concept, and may also refuse to move to another ISP.
It'll be pretty chaotic when users start complaining without really blaming their own ISP or siding with Google. That may also put a black mark on Google's name.
Right or wrong, this is what usually happens.
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Roland Hauptmann
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11-18-2005 07:25
From: CrystalShard Foo Unfortunatly, if the ISP is a big one - you'll get a pretty big crowd of users who will disagree with the concept, and may also refuse to move to another ISP.
It'll be pretty chaotic when users start complaining without really blaming their own ISP or siding with Google. That may also put a black mark on Google's name.
Right or wrong, this is what usually happens. I think you're underestimating the importance of Google in the internet community at this point. I mean, hell.. the name of their company has become a freaking VERB in our language. |
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Tikki Kerensky
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11-18-2005 14:50
From: Roland Hauptmann
I mean, hell.. the name of their company has become a freaking VERB in our language.
And if ya don't believe that, google it!
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