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[ NNSquad ] Re: More on Verizon's rejection of AT&T's attitude toward filtering
A few years ago Ivan Seidenberg spoke at the Massachusetts Software Council and I had a chance to ask him if Verizon could make money in the pure data business without added services. He said yes and I think he really believes it. This is in sharp contrast with the real ATT which, upon buying MediaOne, said that it deserved a percentage of the commerce done over its network. Excite@Home debacle seems to have been based on this assumption. This attitude seems to be part of SBC (faux ATT) as Whiteacre's comments (to Steve Levy originally) showed when his "deserving" attitude created so much controversy. Perhaps there are real difference between ATT and Verizon. Alas, I don't think that the pure data business is viable in the absence of scarcity but that's another topic. For now I'm glad Verizon does believe there's a business in bits. -----Original Message----- From: nnsquad-bounces+nnsquad=bobf.frankston.com@nnsquad.org [mailto:nnsquad-bounces+nnsquad=bobf.frankston.com@nnsquad.org] On Behalf Of Lauren Weinstein Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 00:00 To: nnsquad@nnsquad.org Subject: [ NNSquad ] More on Verizon's rejection of AT&T's attitude toward filtering http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/verizon-rejects-hollywoods-call-to- aid-piracy-fight/index.html