http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/66719
ISPs: Verizon/MCI Merger Will Kill Us
FCC decision, consolidation a one-two punch
CISPA (the California ISP Association) is complaining that the merger of MCI & Verizon - combined with the recent FCC decision eliminating the remnants of line sharing - will run many ISPs out of the marketplace. "The result is that Verizon-MCI, as well as [SBC-AT&T], will no longer have to lease DSL to ISPs," says CISPA's Mike Jackman. "They probably will, but it will be at such an outrageous price that ISPs won't be able to make any money on it."
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/66721
Cable Providers & Throttling Application Bandwidth
Cable's PR friendly alternative to monthly caps
Some time back we were the first to report that Canadian cable provider Shaw was using Ellacoya hardware to throttle Bit Torrent traffic. Since then it has become a common practice cable providers don't like to talk much about, since connection speed is the major marketing talking point in the fight against DSL. Users in our Rogers forum point to this article in which a Rogers spokesperson says the company puts music and video on the "bottom of the list" when it comes to traffic priority.
Also, AT&T and SBC are merging...
ISPs: Verizon/MCI Merger Will Kill Us
FCC decision, consolidation a one-two punch
CISPA (the California ISP Association) is complaining that the merger of MCI & Verizon - combined with the recent FCC decision eliminating the remnants of line sharing - will run many ISPs out of the marketplace. "The result is that Verizon-MCI, as well as [SBC-AT&T], will no longer have to lease DSL to ISPs," says CISPA's Mike Jackman. "They probably will, but it will be at such an outrageous price that ISPs won't be able to make any money on it."
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/66721
Cable Providers & Throttling Application Bandwidth
Cable's PR friendly alternative to monthly caps
Some time back we were the first to report that Canadian cable provider Shaw was using Ellacoya hardware to throttle Bit Torrent traffic. Since then it has become a common practice cable providers don't like to talk much about, since connection speed is the major marketing talking point in the fight against DSL. Users in our Rogers forum point to this article in which a Rogers spokesperson says the company puts music and video on the "bottom of the list" when it comes to traffic priority.
Also, AT&T and SBC are merging...
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