Comments on: AT&T: A latter day Standard Oil? http://saunderslog.com/2007/04/09/att-a-latter-day-standard-oil/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:54:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: GigaOM » Iowa Telcos get date with FCC http://saunderslog.com/2007/04/09/att-a-latter-day-standard-oil/#comment-197843 GigaOM » Iowa Telcos get date with FCC Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:18:45 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/04/09/att-a-latter-day-standard-oil/#comment-197843 [...] asked how he thought the 11-employee strong Great Lakes might fare against a business and legal behemoth like AT&T, Nelson said that legal precedent, as well as current regulations, were on his [...] [...] asked how he thought the 11-employee strong Great Lakes might fare against a business and legal behemoth like AT&T, Nelson said that legal precedent, as well as current regulations, were on his [...]

]]> By: House on a Red Corner » Blog Archive » links for 2007-04-10 http://saunderslog.com/2007/04/09/att-a-latter-day-standard-oil/#comment-196962 House on a Red Corner » Blog Archive » links for 2007-04-10 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:25:05 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/04/09/att-a-latter-day-standard-oil/#comment-196962 [...] AT&T: A latter day Standard Oil? It is very interesting to see that incumbents are intent on bending the law in order to prevent having to change their business model in response to market changes. (tags: bully attt telephone voip business) [...] [...] AT&T: A latter day Standard Oil? It is very interesting to see that incumbents are intent on bending the law in order to prevent having to change their business model in response to market changes. (tags: bully attt telephone voip business) [...]

]]> By: Alec http://saunderslog.com/2007/04/09/att-a-latter-day-standard-oil/#comment-196639 Alec Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:06:22 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/04/09/att-a-latter-day-standard-oil/#comment-196639 I don't think it's a net neutrality issue. Their conduct is flat out illegal, it appears to me. I don’t think it’s a net neutrality issue. Their conduct is flat out illegal, it appears to me.

]]> By: Peter Childs http://saunderslog.com/2007/04/09/att-a-latter-day-standard-oil/#comment-196497 Peter Childs Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:44:52 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/04/09/att-a-latter-day-standard-oil/#comment-196497 Is this also a harbinger of a world where Net Neutrality doesn’t exist? Sites arbitrarily shut down or intermittently blocked, disinformation masquerading customer service and hundreds of thousands of ‘service providers’ without the cash or pluck of Iowa telco’s to be goaded due to their ‘access’ arrangements. If this can happen to small companies in a regulated market – imaging what could happen if Telco’s can treat web traffic the way they want – instead of equally. Is this also a harbinger of a world where Net Neutrality doesn’t exist?

Sites arbitrarily shut down or intermittently blocked, disinformation masquerading customer service and hundreds of thousands of ‘service providers’ without the cash or pluck of Iowa telco’s to be goaded due to their ‘access’ arrangements.

If this can happen to small companies in a regulated market – imaging what could happen if Telco’s can treat web traffic the way they want – instead of equally.

]]> By: AT&T: Free calls may cost $250 M » TechAddress http://saunderslog.com/2007/04/09/att-a-latter-day-standard-oil/#comment-195845 AT&T: Free calls may cost $250 M » TechAddress Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:31:56 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/04/09/att-a-latter-day-standard-oil/#comment-195845 [...] However, AT&T’s decision to appeal directly to Martin and the FCC may be a sign that Ma Bell’s earlier legal forays may not win the day. Certainly, the Internet companies (like free international caller Futurephone) and Iowa telcos are getting bolder of late, returning to make public statements and filing lawsuits of their own, after initially staying silent in the face of AT&T’s legal might (which some call outright bullying). [...] [...] However, AT&T’s decision to appeal directly to Martin and the FCC may be a sign that Ma Bell’s earlier legal forays may not win the day. Certainly, the Internet companies (like free international caller Futurephone) and Iowa telcos are getting bolder of late, returning to make public statements and filing lawsuits of their own, after initially staying silent in the face of AT&T’s legal might (which some call outright bullying). [...]

]]> By: GigaOM » AT&T: Free calls may cost $250 M http://saunderslog.com/2007/04/09/att-a-latter-day-standard-oil/#comment-195801 GigaOM » AT&T: Free calls may cost $250 M Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:40:09 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/04/09/att-a-latter-day-standard-oil/#comment-195801 [...] However, AT&T’s decision to appeal directly to Martin and the FCC may be a sign that Ma Bell’s earlier legal forays may not win the day. Certainly, the Internet companies (like free international caller Futurephone) and Iowa telcos are getting bolder of late, returning to make public statements and filing lawsuits of their own, after initially staying silent in the face of AT&T’s legal might (which some call outright bullying). [...] [...] However, AT&T’s decision to appeal directly to Martin and the FCC may be a sign that Ma Bell’s earlier legal forays may not win the day. Certainly, the Internet companies (like free international caller Futurephone) and Iowa telcos are getting bolder of late, returning to make public statements and filing lawsuits of their own, after initially staying silent in the face of AT&T’s legal might (which some call outright bullying). [...]

]]> By: Global Neighbourhoods http://saunderslog.com/2007/04/09/att-a-latter-day-standard-oil/#comment-195462 Global Neighbourhoods Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:00:10 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/04/09/att-a-latter-day-standard-oil/#comment-195462 <strong>ATT Tries Dwarf Stomping in Iowa</strong> ATT Tries Dwarf Stomping in Iowa

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