Comments on: If a Trend Can’t Continue, It Won’t Continue http://techliberation.com/2008/06/24/if-a-trend-cant-continue-it-wont-continue/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Sun, 27 May 2012 12:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: deadzone http://techliberation.com/2008/06/24/if-a-trend-cant-continue-it-wont-continue/comment-page-1/#comment-54340 deadzone Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:08:09 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=10974#comment-54340 <p>I don't feel that there really is a so-called "bandwidth crisis" as the ISPs keep on decrying. I think this is about control of the content. <br><br>The ISPs stand at a crossroads today (especially teleco's). They can choose to do what they fear the most and become a "dumb pipe" or they can try their best to muscle their way into the content providing business. I think that they have made their choice - and it's not being a "dumb pipe". <br><br>The bottom line is that the more control you have the more profit you stand to make.</p> I don’t feel that there really is a so-called “bandwidth crisis” as the ISPs keep on decrying. I think this is about control of the content.

The ISPs stand at a crossroads today (especially teleco’s). They can choose to do what they fear the most and become a “dumb pipe” or they can try their best to muscle their way into the content providing business. I think that they have made their choice – and it’s not being a “dumb pipe”.

The bottom line is that the more control you have the more profit you stand to make.

]]> By: deadzone http://techliberation.com/2008/06/24/if-a-trend-cant-continue-it-wont-continue/comment-page-1/#comment-42449 deadzone Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:08:09 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=10974#comment-42449 <p>I don't feel that there really is a so-called "bandwidth crisis" as the ISPs keep on decrying. I think this is about control of the content.</p> <p>The ISPs stand at a crossroads today (especially teleco's). They can choose to do what they fear the most and become a "dumb pipe" or they can try their best to muscle their way into the content providing business. I think that they have made their choice - and it's not being a "dumb pipe".</p> <p>The bottom line is that the more control you have the more profit you stand to make.</p> I don’t feel that there really is a so-called “bandwidth crisis” as the ISPs keep on decrying. I think this is about control of the content.

The ISPs stand at a crossroads today (especially teleco’s). They can choose to do what they fear the most and become a “dumb pipe” or they can try their best to muscle their way into the content providing business. I think that they have made their choice – and it’s not being a “dumb pipe”.

The bottom line is that the more control you have the more profit you stand to make.

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