WSJ.com - Phone Companies Set Off A Battle Over Internet Fees

WSJ.com - Phone Companies Set Off A Battle Over Internet Fees: "Large phone companies, setting the stage for a big battle ahead, hope to start charging Google Inc., Vonage Holdings Corp. and other Internet content providers for high-quality delivery of music, movies and the like over their telecommunications networks.
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'They want to charge us for the bandwidth the customer has already paid for,' said Jeffrey Citron, chief executive of Vonage. Customers who already pay a premium for high-speed Internet access, he said, will end up paying even more if online services pass the new access charges to consumers. 'The customer has to pay twice. That's crazy.'"

I agree, and I'm glad my broadband service provider, Comcast, isn't referenced as one of the oligopoly players trying to exploit its customers in this context.