from the we've-been-over-this dept
By Karl Bode
Last month we noted how FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr had taken to
Newsweek to dust off a fifteen year old AT&T talking point. Namely
that "big tech" companies get a "free ride" on telecom networks, and,
as a result, should throw billions of dollars at "big telecom" for no
real reason. You'll recall it was this kind of argument that launched
the net neutrality debate, when former AT&T CEO Ed Whitacre proclaimed
that Google wouldn't be allowed to "ride his pipes for free." Whitacre
was effectively arguing that in addition to paying him a premium for
bandwidth, tech giants should pay him a troll toll. You know, just
because.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210629/08535647083/att-has-dc-pushing-idea-that-big-tech-should-give-big-telecom-billions-no-coherent-reason.shtml
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