So, the telcos are at it again. First, they said they wanted to charge companies like Google and Yahoo for the right to deliver content through their networks to people like you and me. Well, even a company like AT&T doesn't really want to get into a turf war with Microsoft and Google, so when they pushed back, guess what happened?

The telcos decided they'd rather be the big fish in the game, and charge you and me. Surprise, surprise, right? I guess they figure we won't put up a fight, but they're mistaken. Didn't AOL already go through the whole "internet toll road" thing and decide that "all-you-can-eat" was a much better model? Just like everyone else does - even AT&T offers unlimited long distance packages - yuo'd think they'd understand this stuff by now.

Anyway, Andrew Connell is calling for us to stand up against the telcos?and show them that we are united against this. He mentions a badge that we can all throw on our sites showing that we won't stand for this type of treatment. I agree!

Any designers out there want to create a nice image we can use? It would be nice to make it trackable - put it in a post, and point it to a central location, where we can trackback against it, and be able to use that as proof of the support behind the consumer movement.

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