Google Won't Pay Bell South

grandgator writes "Google has offered a clear response to Bell South's proposal to charge content providers an additional fee for access to their network: They won't pay. In an email, Google's Barry Schnitt told the folks at networkingpipeline: 'Google is not discussing sharing of the costs of broadband networks with any carrier. We believe consumers are already paying to support broadband access to the Internet through subscription fees and, as a result, consumers should have the freedom to use this connection without limitations'"

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Way to Stand up for us all

[Grue_Food]

I commend Google for standing up to the Dark Lord for us.

Re:Way to Stand up for us all

[Anonymous Coward]

They're getting free publicity because they're doing "right" by the consumer

You're right, I was about to use altavista until I read about this.

OMG I just checked to see if it was still there and altavista has moved from altavista.digital.com to altavista.com. And there aren't any ads! It's scary how you can get distracted for 5 to 10 years and then next time you look, eveything's changed.

"Get Loooooooooost"

[nacturation]

The summary: Give us more money, and we won't throttle traffic to your site. In response, Google tells them to [results filtered by safe search].

Dark Lord?

[Spy der Mann]

"One rule to ring them all!" No, wait...
"One Bell to web them all!" Hmm...
"And in the darkness Bell them" No, something's not right...

"Ma' Bell to sue them all!"

THERE! :D

Re:Dark Lord?

[geobeck]

"Ma' Bell to sue them all!"

...and in the darkness bill them.