The telecom companies want a piece of the Google pie, because they feel they deserve more than, say, the insane amounts Google pays for bandwidth? What happens when Verizon decides that they deserve a piece of some business deals concluded over their phone lines? Or when Delta decides that they deserve a piece of something because it was signed by people travelling on Delta Airlines?
This is the potential - ridiculous, yes! - that they are opening up. But I think that politicians only recognize the ludicrous extreme.
Pointing out that this means they may get smaller contributions - or opposition - from other large businesses may be a way to stop this.
Interestingly, an emergency session of the Senate Special Committee on Telecommunications - which is specifically aimed at the Internet - was called for today. This is the group that, the joke goes, are paid for by tech companies as opposed to telecom companies.Brazil has decided you're cute.Brazil has decided you're cute.
This is the potential - ridiculous, yes! - that they are opening up. But I think that politicians only recognize the ludicrous extreme.
Pointing out that this means they may get smaller contributions - or opposition - from other large businesses may be a way to stop this.
Interestingly, an emergency session of the Senate Special Committee on Telecommunications - which is specifically aimed at the Internet - was called for today. This is the group that, the joke goes, are paid for by tech companies as opposed to telecom companies.Brazil has decided you're cute.Brazil has decided you're cute.