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Will Providers Provide Equally?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the something-to-think-about dept.

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. FP!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp!!!

    1. Re:FP!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      The degree to which YOU both FAIL IT! is astounding.

    2. Re:FP!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      uuuuh how stupid is that eh?
      why dontcha read the top of the thread more carefully, stupe fuck?

  2. Microsoft does this every day by ThomasFlip · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Integrating IE with windows. Ofcourse buisnesses are going to do this, and why shouldn't they ? It's not good for the consumer, but then again they are out to make money, not win friends.

    --
    If the dollar is an "I owe you nothing", then the Euro is a "Who owes you nothing." - Doug Casey
  3. Mercatur? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well I'm not really sure how this is relevant to mercatur, but I'm sure that she uses phones, y'know?

    Perhaps we should ring her and ask...?

  4. Microsoft should not be permitted to do this! by Elpacoloco · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It is bad for the consumer, therefore they should not get away with it!

  5. Re:solution to everything.. ok maybe not everythin by GPLDAN · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the pigs cant track you either.

    The Pigs?? Nice to know Charles Manson is being allowed to post to Slashdot.

  6. Re:Gotta love this line ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please make an effort to read my post before you reply to it.

    Thank you,

    - AC

  7. Didn't this happen with graphics cards? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How many times have reviewers caught out odd performances increases/decreases when the executable file of a game has been renamed to something different?

  8. Re:solution to everything.. ok maybe not everythin by djwavelength · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The Pigs?? Nice to know Charles Manson is being allowed to post to Slashdot

    From beyond the grave too...