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Is Verizon a Network Hog?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the their-pipes-their-rules dept.

pillageplunder wrote to mention a piece in BusinessWeek asking whether or not Verizon has the right to set aside bandwidth for its own projects. They're planning a television service, and have allocated a swath of their bandwidth (which could otherwise be used for net and phone traffic) to back this service. From the article: "Leading Net companies say that Verizon's actions could keep some rivals off the road. As consumers try to search Google, buy books on Amazon.com, or watch videos on Yahoo!, they'll all be trying to squeeze into the leftover lanes on Verizon's network. On Feb. 7 the Net companies plan to take their complaints about Verizon's plans to the Senate during a hearing on telecom reform."

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  2. wah wah wah by MORTAR_COMBAT! · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    just bring me fiber to the home.

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  3. Re:Verizon's recent purchase makes this subject mo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Bigger story that /. missed (Digg got it):

    The End of the Internet?

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