From: telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org   
      
   from the we've-been-over-this dept   
   By Karl Bode   
      
   Last month we noted how FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr had taken to   
   Newsweek to dust off a fifteen year old AT&T talking point. Namely   
   that "big tech" companies get a "free ride" on telecom networks, and,   
   as a result, should throw billions of dollars at "big telecom" for no   
   real reason. You'll recall it was this kind of argument that launched   
   the net neutrality debate, when former AT&T CEO Ed Whitacre proclaimed   
   that Google wouldn't be allowed to "ride his pipes for free." Whitacre   
   was effectively arguing that in addition to paying him a premium for   
   bandwidth, tech giants should pay him a troll toll. You know, just   
   because.   
      
   https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210629/08535647083/att-has-d   
   -pushing-idea-that-big-tech-should-give-big-telecom-billions-no-   
   oherent-reason.shtml   
      
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