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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Technology Liberation Front - Latest Comments in If a Trend Can&amp;#8217;t Continue, It Won&amp;#8217;t Continue</title><link>http://tlf.disqus.com/</link><description>The Technology Liberation Front is the tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians' hands off the 'net and everything else related to technology.</description><atom:link href="https://tlf.disqus.com/if_a_trend_can8217t_continue_it_won8217t_continue/latest.rss" rel="self"></atom:link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:08:09 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: If a Trend Can&amp;#8217;t Continue, It Won&amp;#8217;t Continue</title><link>https://techliberation.com/2008/06/24/if-a-trend-cant-continue-it-wont-continue/#comment-1454769</link><description>&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;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".&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The bottom line is that the more control you have the more profit you stand to make.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">deadzone</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:08:09 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>