Clearly Robert Depatie has been spending too much time in Alaska. His arguments for why studios and content producers should subsidize his network were put forward by US Senator Ted “It’s a series of tubes” Stevens months ago. They’re just as wrong now as they were then.Â
Depatie wants content providers to pay extra for access to the Videotron Network. He calls it a “transmission tariff”. Mais, Robert, mon frère, we already pay! Content providers who wish to put their content on the network pay a fee to be connected. Content consumers who wish to consume that content pay another fee.
What it really boils down to is that Monsieur Depatie doesn’t have the stones to pass a price increase on to his customers.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
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