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To: tech101 who wrote (105)	3/7/2006 7:40:20 PM
From: space-cowboy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 131

Tech101, There's a problem with Roger Cheng's article: He needs to keep up with what Google has been doing ! The Laughs on Roger and maybe Verizon too....! I know I'm laughing after Reading it! Perhaps the keyword is "Currently" Space-Cowboy Reference Posting: #105 It's the Backbone That Matters panix.com Verizon CEO: Fiber Network Needed To Unlock Opportunities By ROGER CHENG February 9, 2006 11:56 a.m. Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Seidenberg also commented on the issue that industry observers call "net neutrality," or the notion that all Internet access should be free. The phone companies want to charge Internet companies such as Google Inc. (GOOG) for access to faster lines, but opponents say that could impede innovation and allow the Internet service providers to pick the winners and losers. The problem doesn't lie with the connection between the home and the network, but in the backbone. Currently, if Google wants to increase the speed by which it connects with its customers, it buys more facilities. But that solution won't work as more people with broadband connections "camp" on its site and clog up traffic, Seidenberg said. Verizon will ultimately have to upgrade the backbone network, which it believes gives the company the right to charge those using that network. "We have a right to extract value for the service we provide," he said. "We won't block traffic, but we won't fix a problem that hasn't been defined." Verizon recently traded at $32.49, down 10 cents, or 0.3%, on volume of 5.2 million shares. Average daily volume is 14.2 million shares. -By Roger Cheng, Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-2020; roger.cheng@dowjones.com