Cost of communication

Anti-parties claimed that it would increase the cost of communication. Not only this, the issue of Net Neutrality which brought up questions like whether AT&T would be allowed to charge a premium from Yahoo! and Google for transporting contents on the net, was thick in the air. But AT&T finally managed to get through the bush of objections (offering many concessions). And today the only question remains – has it become unbeatable? Well, one cannot afford to overlook the presence of Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Comm. and EarthLink. Between themselves, internet service providers, and wireless companies, BellSouth has lost 3.6 million access lines over the past half decade.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

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