See: Internet Daily: BellSouth wants new Net fees
BellSouth Corp. confirmed Monday that it is pursuing discussions with Internet content companies to levy charges to reliably and speedily deliver their content and services.
Bill Smith, chief technology officer at BellSouth, justified content charging companies by saying they are using the telco’s network without paying for it.
This is so painfully retarded I am at a loss for words. Mark Cuban has decided this is a great idea in his post titled: Hey Baby Bells & Cable, We need multiple tiers of service
There are some basic facts about the internet that remind me of driving on the 405 in Los Angeles. Traffic jams happen. There is no end in sight for those traffic jams. The traffic jams are worse at certain times of the day. Whether its the 405 or the internet.
Uless of course we add multiple tiers of service so that users, companies and applications that want to, or need to avoid those traffic jams have alternatives. We need HOV lanes and toll roads on the net as badly as we need the HOV lanes on the 405.
This is very basic… if I am a BellSouth customer I am paying, that’s right I am paying BellSouth for my Internet connection. I have given them my hard earned dollar to surf on the internet and use whatever service I want. But I guess this isn’t enough, now BellSouth wants to extort the web sites that I visit and charge them money to ensure that the content I want actually makes it to me.
This is insane, please somebody stop this madness.