AT&T’s New Boss Wants Your World Delivered to Him
Soon after AT&T chief Ed Whitacre announced his plans to accept his company’s $161 million retirement offer, the phone collossus announced Big Ed’s replacement.More here.
Randall Stephenson, onetime SBC Chief Operating Officer, will attempt to fill the shoes of the man who once called all of us “nuts” for thinking the Internet should remain free from phone company discrimination.
But this apple clearly hasn’t fallen far from the tree. Echoing his predecessor, Stephenson was quoted in an industry newsletter saying, “We’re going to control the video on our network. The content guys will have to make a deal with us.”
Stephenson’s statement makes it clear that he intends to carry forward Whitacre’s plan to block or degrade high-speed content of anyone who has not struck a special deal with AT&T.
posted by Fergie @ 4/27/2007 01:42:00 PM
1 Comments:
Arrrgh! What is happening to our access options?!? I now have to choose between AT&T and Comcast - kind of like someone asking "Would you prefer to be beaten to a bloody pulp by Thug A, or Thug B"?
Did I mention that my power bill just increased by 100% due to the expiration of a rate-freeze?
Call me a a socialist if you like, but de-regulation sucks - government regulation of monopolies seems like the only way to reign in the colossal egos of these arrogant corporations.
Signed,
The only guy who ever posts on FergBlog
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