Comments on: Net neutrality debate still simmers

Senate vote expected in September. Meanwhile, supporters, foes of concept jockey for position in Washington.

[enovikoff]

Recouping Internet Investments

Oh, the poor telecom companies! They're almost bankrupt, soon they'll be unable to afford to run their networks and the internet will die! Take pity on them, they have no money because of all the unused dark fiber they put in in the 90's during the dot-com frenzy is bankrupting them. So, if we decide we want streaming video, I guess they'll have to put in more fiber, since they appear to have forgotten about all that unused fiber. Then of course they'll need preferential service (tiered pricing) to charge everyone more for the same thing.

Unless you recently fell off the turnip-truck, you can see this is just more lies and posturing. As Yahoo pointed out, they already pay handsomely for internet access. So do I. We all pay per bandwidth used. If they put in more bandwidth, and we use more, they can charge more. So really, what we're talking about here is double-dipping. Let's just call it what it is: GREED!

I *wish* the telecom companies would have some challenge to being profitable so they'd spend their money on... um.... improving TELECOM! Right now, with the obscene profits they're bringing in, they are abusing us with:
1) Endless silly advertising of "products" that are all positioning, misleading information and no concrete benefits to the consumer.
2) Money wasted on lobbyists so they can legally rape our wallets.
3) Buying each other out in an attempt (probably to be successful) to recreate the 60's monopolies... where you had to buy all your equipment from them.
4) Depriving stockholders of legitimate stock price gains because they are wasting their money on 1-3 above.

To the senate Republicans: sometimes doing the best thing for business doesn't mean doing what the lobbyists for the biggest companies tell you to do!

[Cedric Sr]

Net neutrality still simmers

I must agree with enovikoff, it is pure greed and they [telecom corp
giants] figure as long as the current administration is in office lets
go for the gold and stick it to the consumers just like our oil
buddies. If they are so broke why are they acquiring other telecom
corps. spending billions upon billions. People or companies for that
matter don't typically spend what they don't have. If I don't have
the cash or credit to purchase, guess what, I don't get it. The
corporations and the government need take heed like everyone
else.