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Will Providers Provide Equally?

theodp writes "Imagine the chaos if your power company could take money from Sony so that its appliances got a higher quality of juice - and thus worked a tad better - than those of Mitsubishi. The power system wasn't built that way, but ISPs have that very capability. It may seem like a dodgy competitive tactic, but Yankee Group analysts envision that broadband network providers could give precedence to their own revenue-generating services, possibly leading to the demise of the biggest VoIP player today, Vonage."

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  1. Comcat... by Rick+Zeman · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...would NEVER do that.

    Besides, if they do try that, their competitors won't.