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The packet inspection is not just obscene...it is illegal according to various Federal laws on privacy. Sadly for the USA, we have an Emperor whose word is law and do not enforce most laws on the books, especially those related to Antitrust.

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Quinn is an AT&T flunkie!

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Quinn added. "The money to build them just doesn't exist.

1) Do remember before 2001 when we had to much bandwith due to fiber over building.

2) Do know about DWDM and it's ability to make a fiber have almost limitless bandwidth and the cost is in the labor of laying the lines not the boxes at the end.

I agree they need to manage their bandwidth but packet inspection and tracking stats are an invasion of privacy.

We are a Capitalist Economy if the new AT&T can't do it they will loose money and some other company will buy them and do it. Just like Cingular did to the old AT&T.

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