Comments on: Again, Facebook sparks controversy then bows to user pressure

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By: uggworld

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By: coffee

coffee — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:04:24 +0000

the fact that Facebook change their TOS back so quickly is an indication that they knew they were wrong in the first place

By: coffee

coffee — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:04:24 +0000

the fact that Facebook change their TOS back so quickly is an indication that they knew they were wrong in the first place

By: Ryan Radia

Ryan Radia — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:13:33 +0000

Good point. ISPs are in a much stronger position than social networking sites to impose unsavory conditions. As more ISP choices become available to consumers in coming years, however, I expect that the market power that Comcast and Qwest enjoy today will decline. Even today, there's a lot that big ISPs can't get away with, and most U.S. residents have at least DSL and cable ISPs competing in their area. Your situation isn't the norm, statistically speaking.

By: quanticle

quanticle — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:55:37 +0000

Well, that model works well for Facebook and Google, who are essentially competing in a perfectly competitive markets (as far as barriers to entry are concerned). However, I'm not sure that the same argument can be extended to the ISP (physical infrastructure) industry since the barriers to entry are very high there.

To make the concept explicit, if Comcast told me tomorrow that I'd have to pay an extra $5 per month to access Facebook, who could I look to for an alternative? Qwest? Yeah right - they've been promising that DSL would be "coming soon" to my neighborhood for the last five years. Verizon? Sure, once they get around to laying fiber in my neighborhood. Basically I'd be SOL for broadband (for the near future, at least) if Comcast made some objectionable change to its TOS right now.

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