I read this article and had to reply.
My first thought is always "How do these people sleep at night?" But then I remember that some people really have no conscience. They're called sociopaths. And they seem to have taken the leadership roles in government and a lot of high profile corporate positions. Lawyer capitalism seems to breed this kind of personality disorder - then reward it.
This guy is a lawyer. Verizon (and the all the other FrankenTelcos out there) employ more lawyers than network engineers. That's a fact. They don't "compete" with their networks; they "compete" with manipulation of the public service infrastructure under which they were born. They then grew so bloated with cash that they subverted public interest -- buying it out while everyone watched in confusion -- and now have their sights set on FINALLY getting around to building the ubiquitous tollbooths they've been planning for 15 years. They're pissed because they've had to ride out all this open IP nonsense which made it harder than they expected to proceed with their final build-out of pay-for-play services. But it's here now
I ask are they kidding because what to they think their customers are doing? In what bizarro world does it look like the content providers are getting a free ride? Google, I'm sure, pays Verizon beaucoup bucks for access -- as well as...well, I'm not sure who their providers are, but I can only imagine they pay a seven-figure monthly access charge to somebody. If Google (or Yahoo, Or AOL, for that matter) don't provide the content and the structure for presenting it, then there's no demand for their DSL or (don't hold your breath) fiber-to-the-home service. Is their only plan to become "DisneyBell" and become totally vertically integrated content-and-carrier? I wonder.
The stupidity of these people is boundless. Beware of any "network" company that hires more lawyers than engineers.
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