Edward Whitacre, AT&T's chief executive officer, had made remarks on the issue that consumer groups found inflammatory. In remarks made on November 7, 2005, presumably referring to Internet sites using their network connections, he called for "some mechanism for these people who use these pipes to pay for the portion they ’ re using. Why should they be allowed to use my pipes?" Whitacre has since reversed his public statements, saying on March 21, 2006, "Any provider that blocks access to content is inviting customers to find another provider. And that ’ s just bad business." Michael Copps, a FCC Commissioner, said recently, “ This Internet may not be the one we know in the future there are threats to it out there … Entrenched interests are already jockeying to constrain the openness that has been the Internet's defining hallmark. ”
Edward Whitacre, AT&T's chief executive officer, had made remarks on the issue that consumer groups found inflammatory. In remarks made on November 7, 2005, presumably referring to Internet sites using their network connections, he called for "some mechanism for these people who use these pipes to pay for the portion they ' re using. Why should they be allowed to use my pipes?" Whitacre has since reversed his public statements, saying on March 21, 2006, "Any provider that blocks access to content is inviting customers to find another provider. And that ' s just bad business." Michael Copps, a FCC Commissioner, said recently, " This Internet may not be the one we know in the future there are threats to it out there ... Entrenched interests are already jockeying to constrain the openness that has been the Internet's defining hallmark. "
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