The gold in net neutrality.(cable television industry's telephone services)(Column)

From: Multichannel News | Date: March 13, 2006| Author: Machen, Keith; Goldsmith, Dwayne | Copyright information

Like a savvy miner, the cable industry should recognize that siding with the giant phone monopolies on the hot-button issue of "net neutrality" is fool's gold. The real gold is not to be found in charging fees for guaranteed delivery of video programs or other big files, it's to be found in winning over as big a base of broadband customers as possible, based on the value delivered.

The facts are very simple. The companies most opposed to keeping use of the Net "neutral"-...

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