Comments on: An expose on telecom bait-and-switch http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/01/31/an-expose-on-telecom-bait-and-switch/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:56:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: The Web — not democratic, but open » mathewingram.com/work http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/01/31/an-expose-on-telecom-bait-and-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-10597 The Web — not democratic, but open » mathewingram.com/work Mon, 29 May 2006 21:34:03 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/01/31/an-expose-on-telecom-bait-and-switch/#comment-10597 [...] As I put it to Scott in a comment, however, I think the telcos are guilty of moving the goalposts, as I have mentioned before. According to a recent book called Broadband Scandal, the telcos got all kinds of favourable deals from the U.S. government a decade or so ago, in part by promising that everyone would soon have a super-fast connection capable of handling phone calls, TV-style programming and so on. Now it seems as though they are asking for the ability to charge more for delivering what should already be here. [...] [...] As I put it to Scott in a comment, however, I think the telcos are guilty of moving the goalposts, as I have mentioned before. According to a recent book called Broadband Scandal, the telcos got all kinds of favourable deals from the U.S. government a decade or so ago, in part by promising that everyone would soon have a super-fast connection capable of handling phone calls, TV-style programming and so on. Now it seems as though they are asking for the ability to charge more for delivering what should already be here. [...]

]]> By: Paul K. http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/01/31/an-expose-on-telecom-bait-and-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-266 Paul K. Wed, 01 Feb 2006 07:47:22 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/01/31/an-expose-on-telecom-bait-and-switch/#comment-266 Yeah, I was sort of interested as well, but the pre-release comments I've seen all make the point that this guy was a bystander. He was neither one of the criminal telecom analysts sorts, nor was he really privy to all that much good, juicy venality. Where's the fun in reading that? Yeah, I was sort of interested as well, but the pre-release comments I’ve seen all make the point that this guy was a bystander. He was neither one of the criminal telecom analysts sorts, nor was he really privy to all that much good, juicy venality. Where’s the fun in reading that?

]]> By: robhyndman.com http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/01/31/an-expose-on-telecom-bait-and-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-265 robhyndman.com Wed, 01 Feb 2006 07:44:45 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/01/31/an-expose-on-telecom-bait-and-switch/#comment-265 [...] Update (2006-02-01): Mathew has uncovered more blog coverage (Gordon Cook here, Richard Stastny here, and David Isenberg here) of Kushnick’s new book, and notes the tie-in to telecom claims in the current net neutrality debate: “And it definitely sheds a different kind of light on their repeated claims that Internet content companies should be paying more for access to their pipes … It sounds to me like U.S. consumers have already paid for it several times over.” The book now has a blog here. Related Posts [...] [...] Update (2006-02-01): Mathew has uncovered more blog coverage (Gordon Cook here, Richard Stastny here, and David Isenberg here) of Kushnick’s new book, and notes the tie-in to telecom claims in the current net neutrality debate: “And it definitely sheds a different kind of light on their repeated claims that Internet content companies should be paying more for access to their pipes … It sounds to me like U.S. consumers have already paid for it several times over.” The book now has a blog here. Related Posts [...]

]]> By: Stuart MacDonald http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/01/31/an-expose-on-telecom-bait-and-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Stuart MacDonald Wed, 01 Feb 2006 04:06:56 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/01/31/an-expose-on-telecom-bait-and-switch/#comment-264 But, but... they seem like such nice guys, ya know? With their suits and little phones and what not? ;-) -- Stuart But, but… they seem like such nice guys, ya know? With their suits and little phones and what not?

;-)

– Stuart

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