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BellSouth Will Charge Providers For Performance

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the so-much-for-a-fair-internet dept.

smooth wombat writes "In a follow-up to this Slashdot story from last month, BellSouth has confirmed that it is in discussions with content providers to levy charges to reliably and speedily deliver content and services of the providers. Bill Smith, chief technology officer at BellSouth justified content charging companies by saying they are using the telco's network without paying for it. "

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  1. New RFC: WWW over UUCP by FacePlant · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Where's Telebit when you need them?

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  2. Bell South quality is questionable by digitaldc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This may be a bit off topic, but I remember that the Bell South brand telephones were of the absolute WORST quality of all manufacturers.
    They were cheaply made, rattled when moved, and broke fairly quickly as I recall.

    Maybe their poor quality can say something about their overall business practices. Maybe not.

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