Failed business plan redux: 'We'll make more money one way or another,

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Evil greedy ISPs. :-)

It would appear that if the telcos get blocked from charging
the content providers, they'll just turn around and charge their customers -- based on traffic valoume. That's right: 
it looks
like they're kicking around the idea of usage-based billing again.

This time for broadband subscribers.

First:
'Senate Bill to Address Fears of 'Tiered' Access to Net'
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/02/technology/02online.html

Then:
'U.S. Broadband Providers Looking to Implement Usage-Based Billing?'
http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/02/technology/bandwidth/index.htm

- ferg

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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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