22 ordspråk av Jeff Chester
Jeff Chester
[It's] not surprising, ... given that advertising is the business model.
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AT and T wishes to be lord of the digital domain, able to impose a raft of tolls, fees and what they term 'monetization' strategies for the internet - whether it comes to us via wires or wireless devices.
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AT and T wishes to be lord of the digital domain, able to impose a raft of tolls, fees and what they term 'monetization' strategies for the Internet -- whether it comes to us via wires or wireless devices.
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Clearly Parsons and top management are desperate,
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Dropping the AOL from its corporate name is their version of joining a federal witness protection program where you're given a new identity. But playing the name game won't help the company. If there is such a thing as conglomerate bad karma, AOLTW is getting what it deserves.
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For consumers in states like Michigan, you'll have fewer companies offering fewer services and you'll see rates for phone, video and the Internet continue to creep up. In the absence of strong regulation and safeguards this is a bad deal for competition and consumers.
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If we permit more takeovers, such as AT&T and BellSouth, we will eventually see a further shrinking of the number of conglomerates dominating our local and national media.
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Instead of the Internet reflecting what the federal courts not long ago called 'the most participatory form of mass speech yet developed,' it's now threatened to be reduced to what AT&T called its private pipes.
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It's about having a virtual, electronic toll booth to constantly charge you extra for things we get today for a fair and flat rate.
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Long range, what this really does is set the stage for super-media monopolies to control online communication through combinations of phone, newspaper and broadcast television mergers.
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Members from both sides of the aisle endorsed a plan which will permit cable and phone companies to construct 'pay as you surf, pay as you post' toll booths for the Internet.
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Now they (consumers and competitors) will have to go through a celestial gatekeeper who will decide what the prices and terms will be for both programmers and content providers.
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Our communications system, and our democracy, is at a crossroads.
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Steve Case is the Benedict Arnold of the digital age,
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There needs to be a clear national standard.
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