[IP] Re: Third Major ISP AT&T Testing Bandwidth Caps in the Fall [with a comment by me djf]

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: ken [Ken@new-isp.net]
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 3:03 PM
To: David Farber
Subject: Re: [IP] Re:   Third Major ISP AT&T Testing Bandwidth Caps in the Fall [with a comment by me djf]

The question comes down to whether there is a real network congestion
issue and if so is this indicative of a far worse situation where AT&T
apparently failed to correctly forecast the demand for bandwidth from
their customers. Alternately, we might suggest that this is a company
who is only looking to increase their profit margins. Either of those
scenarios causes me to question what prevents a monopoly from wreaking
havoc on our society when they focus on short term profit and throw our
future to the wolves.

Looking back, if bitcaps had become the standard billing practice back
in the days of dialup, what kind of Internet would we be interacting
with now? Would streaming video have ever made it into the mainstream?
Would IPTV have ever become a part of our vocabulary? Would web pages
have evolved into the graphic intensive experience we all take for
granted today?

One has to question the wisdom of putting a for profit company in
charge of our communications infrastructure when this service is the
foundation of our economy.

Respectfully,

Ken DiPietro/CEO
NextGenCommunications
Home/Office (301)789-2968
www.NextGenCommunications.net
Communication without Concession





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