Tomorrow's Wall Street
Journal is reporting that phone companies (BellSouth and AT&T among
others) are seeking to charge Google, Vonage, Movielink and others for
"priority" broadband delivery.
"The size and structure of the fee systems remain to be worked out, and
the regulatory implications aren't clear. But already, the phone
companies are meeting heavy resistance from companies that say making
them pay for priority delivery of their content amounts to holding them
ransom, thus hurting competition and, ultimately, the consumer.", the WSJ reports.
The article quotes Commissioner Michael Copps of the
FCC as saying that "We need a watchful eye to ensure that network providers do not become
Internet gatekeepers, with the ability to dictate who can use the
Internet and for what purposes."
This does not bode well for independent producers of higher bandwidth
content like us Videobloggers if phone and cable companies are able to
do this. Keep your eyes on this as it develops...
Article can be found here (subscription required): http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113651664929039412.html?mod=INDUSTRY
- Ted
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Ted Tagami
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