Tuesday, November 01, 2005

 

Quote of Note: Ed Whitacre

Everybody who cares has probably seen this already, but it is a milestone (on the road to . . . well at least there's no hint of good intentions here) so here it is:
Why should they be allowed to use my pipes [for 'free']? . . . The Internet can't be free in that sense, because we and the cable companies have made an investment and for a Google or Yahoo! or Vonage or anybody to expect to use these pipes [for] free is nuts!
SBC (soon to be AT&T) CEO Ed Whitacre in Business Week, November 7, 2005. Link

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He has it backwards. The pipe guys pay the content guys. He might check with the cable co's on this point.
# posted by Blogger Daniel : 11/01/2005 9:41 AM
 
He is making the mistake of thinking of trains and trucks where the content guys pay for carriage.
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 11/07/2005 6:22 PM
 
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