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Sunday, May 14, 2006
Letter to U.S. Representative Mike Honda
Mike,
Please make sure that the internet "carriers", such as AT&T don't have a right to control what services and content are accessible to DSL subscribers.
The telcos have the opportunity to make plenty of money on their own content offerings, such as IP TV. But as a DSL customer, I should be free to use competitive content providers, e.g. YouTube, without AT&T getting in the way, or charging fees above and beyond what consumers and content providers already pay to access the internet.
The telcos need to be told that their "common carrier" and "content provider" roles are distinct.
By the way, the telcos shouldn't be selling my phone records to the U.S. military, but that's a whole other topic.
-Mark
Please make sure that the internet "carriers", such as AT&T don't have a right to control what services and content are accessible to DSL subscribers.
The telcos have the opportunity to make plenty of money on their own content offerings, such as IP TV. But as a DSL customer, I should be free to use competitive content providers, e.g. YouTube, without AT&T getting in the way, or charging fees above and beyond what consumers and content providers already pay to access the internet.
The telcos need to be told that their "common carrier" and "content provider" roles are distinct.
By the way, the telcos shouldn't be selling my phone records to the U.S. military, but that's a whole other topic.
-Mark
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