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• Title: Opening Bottlenecks: On Behalf of Mandated Network Neutrality.
• Author : Federal Communications Law Journal
• Release Date : January 01, 2006
• Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 392 KB

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I. INTRODUCTION In an interview last November, then-SBC Telecommunications CEO Edward Whitacre was exceptionally honest about his company's market position. Representing half of the broadband duopoly, (2) he confessed his industry's disproportionate market power and his intention to seek monopoly rents. SBC spokesman Michael Balmoris quickly insisted the company will not block consumer access to popular Web sites, but Whitacre's words--uttered the same week SBC won regulatory approval to buy AT&T--were, and still are, frightening for many. (3) Other telecommunications executives have since stated either their intention or desire to charge online content providers for the right to reach customers at the fastest speeds. (4) Thanks to recent Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") moves to change the regulatory system for broadband Internet services, this business model is now completely legal. (5) Even if broadband providers never actually blocked access to a single site, a doubtful proposition addressed below, any preferential treatment based on payment would radically reshape the character of the Internet.

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