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This whole attempted money grab is a real howler. AT&T and Verizon are already getting paid fairly from their subscribers. The subscribers are paying for YouTub
by mullingitover 13y ago
This whole attempted money grab is a real howler. AT&T and Verizon are already getting paid fairly from their subscribers. The subscribers are paying for YouTube/Netflix/et al to be available to them. Further, YouTube/Netflix/et al are all paying their own respective access fees. Everyone today is getting paid fairly. So while the argument on the surface is about something that's somewhat esoteric, what it really boils down to is that the ISPs want to bill twice for the same service.
- api 13y agoNot only that, these companies have absorbed state and local subsidies to build out their infrastructures based on the promise that they would provide service to the public good. That invalidates any faux-libertarian defense they might have-- their networks are now in part public property.