[86352] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SBC/AT&T + Verizon/MCI Peering Restrictions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christian Kuhtz)
Wed Nov 2 10:26:38 2005
In-Reply-To: <BF8E91BD.1275C%dgolding@burtongroup.com>
Cc: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>, NANOG list <nanog@merit.edu>
From: Christian Kuhtz <kuhtzch@corp.earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 10:21:12 -0500
To: Daniel Golding <dgolding@burtongroup.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Nov 2, 2005, at 9:54 AM, Daniel Golding wrote:
>
> They ARE using your pipes right now, and they AREN'T paying you
> money. The
> funny thing is that your customers ARE paying you money for access
> to Google
> and Yahoo. Broadband gets a lot less compelling without content, so
> don't
> push it.
Hah. Classic. But, but, Dan, that trick-or-treating wasn't all.
But if they harness their own content, then what would you have.. a
captive supplier to an mono/whateverpoly? Oh what fun that would be
for Christmas, on a one horse open sleigh. 'Tis the season, guys. Ho
Ho Ho.
http://www.cabledatacomnews.com/nov05/nov05-6.html
You've got to admit, though, the ability to completely fade out
reality and invent your own is impressive, and those CEO's ought to
be commended.
And while we're doing this with RBOCs, we can bitch about MSOs just
the same. One might find a surprising number of similarities.
Best regards,
Christian
