AT&T Data Scampaign
Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:15 GMT
Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:21 GMT
Adam Curry
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<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">I was just one of many AT&T customers who received the now infamous <a href="http://attareassholes.curry.com/">'throttling'</a> threats.</span><a name="iWasJustOneOfManyAttCustomersWhoReceivedTheNowInfamousAHrefhttpattareassholescurrycomthrottlingaThreats"> </a><a href="#iWasJustOneOfManyAttCustomersWhoReceivedTheNowInfamousAHrefhttpattareassholescurrycomthrottlingaThreats"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">In today's WSJ the company <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970204653604577249080966030276-lMyQjAxMTAyMDIwNzEyNDcyWj.html">uncloaks</a> their ultimate goal</span><a name="inTodaysWsjTheCompanyAHrefhttponlinewsjcomarticleemailsb10001424052970204653604577249080966030276lmyqjaxmtaymdiwnzeyndcywjhtmluncloaksaTheirUltimateGoal"> </a><a href="#inTodaysWsjTheCompanyAHrefhttponlinewsjcomarticleemailsb10001424052970204653604577249080966030276lmyqjaxmtaymdiwnzeyndcywjhtmluncloaksaTheirUltimateGoal"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">They plan on offering big media companies a reverse billing service for bandwidth.</span><a name="theyPlanOnOfferingBigMediaCompaniesAReverseBillingServiceForBandwidth"> </a><a href="#theyPlanOnOfferingBigMediaCompaniesAReverseBillingServiceForBandwidth"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">Not unlike a toll-free telephone number, the cost of the bandwidth used can be billed to the provider</span><a name="notUnlikeATollfreeTelephoneNumberTheCostOfTheBandwidthUsedCanBeBilledToTheProvider"> </a><a href="#notUnlikeATollfreeTelephoneNumberTheCostOfTheBandwidthUsedCanBeBilledToTheProvider"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">Once implemented, you could watch a Netflix movie via 3G on your tablet without it affecting your personal bandwidth usage.</span><a name="onceImplementedYouCouldWatchANetflixMovieVia3gOnYourTabletWithoutItAffectingYourPersonalBandwidthUsage"> </a><a href="#onceImplementedYouCouldWatchANetflixMovieVia3gOnYourTabletWithoutItAffectingYourPersonalBandwidthUsage"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">This cost I believe will of course be passed on to the media companies customers one way or another, as they are now effectively paying for the bandwidth twice.</span><a name="thisCostIBelieveWillOfCourseBePassedOnToTheMediaCompaniesCustomersOneWayOrAnotherAsTheyAreNowEffectivelyPayingForTheBandwidthTwice"> </a><a href="#thisCostIBelieveWillOfCourseBePassedOnToTheMediaCompaniesCustomersOneWayOrAnotherAsTheyAreNowEffectivelyPayingForTheBandwidthTwice"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">The biggest problem with this Scampaign is that smaller and independent media companies will start to get squeezed out of the market.</span><a name="theBiggestProblemWithThisScampaignIsThatSmallerAndIndependentMediaCompaniesWillStartToGetSqueezedOutOfTheMarket"> </a><a href="#theBiggestProblemWithThisScampaignIsThatSmallerAndIndependentMediaCompaniesWillStartToGetSqueezedOutOfTheMarket"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
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