"they /many ISPs/ are not 'in the black' on a realtime basis" (they are not sailing ahead and pulling in surplus). Having a high share value reflects nothing about if your company is actutally making net money, many high-profile internet companies have spent gazillions before they became financially sound - or till they foundered. The same is true in showbiz.
Since you have allready tried to attack me by making unwanted and disgusting remarks and name calling (randian) etc, hence I allow myself to exactly state the idiotic nature of this comment.
Why it is so idiotic?
Lets say a person opens up a mall, he invests allot money for its success, no matters it becomes a successful profitmaking shop or not, will you like to share the ventures loss or investment money to be deposited without actually involving in the profits it will make(if it makes)? Why will you invest your money in somebody else's business when he is NOT at all going to share any buck with you?(you a common man/woman anyone)
Similarly, why will you be ready to share the maintainence and wear and tear charges of all internet when you are not using it for any commercial purpose while some of us are using it as the only source of work and income?
It is not about google or yahoo or msn alone, it is about every website which is actively involved in e-business.
We don't do e-business while chatting and homely usages, and they don't use internet for any homely usages, they use it for their profit and business.
Then why should we the common citizens should pay for the maintainence of their business? They don't share any profits with us.
ISP's are actually talking of us.
They are supporting us, they are saying that the money which they takes from us, is actually should be paid not by us, but the companies and entrepreneurs which are making business over internet.
Fortunately, Rand even though was always supportive to entrpreneurs, but in this case, even she might have supported us, the common citizens who uses internet for our common homely entertaining processes alone and not for some high circle business against the looters of common public which although do business on common publics money but don't share their profits with the innumerous investment share holders. We the internet bill payers invests for the business of these search engines like yahoo google etc at present. ISP's are not saying that make their profits high.
They are saying let us "the common citizens" be free of the investment charges for the business of these multi-billion companies. Let them bear their investing amounts on their own instead of forcing it on us common public.