Subj : Meta says big tech firms shouldn't pay for their own network cost
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Mar 24 2023 11:00:03

Meta says big tech firms shouldn't pay for their own network costs

Date:
Fri, 24 Mar 2023 10:50:53 +0000

Description:
Meta is angling itself as a content provider to avoid paying for network 
infrastructure building costs.

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Meta has slammed rumblings in the EU and US that Big Tech companies should be 
effectively taxed in order to finance the development of broadband 
infrastructure. 

The growing sentiment in those territories is that, as their heaviest users 
and beneficiaries, Big Tech companies should pay a fair share of the cost of 
network infrastructure construction. 

In February 2023, the European Commission opened an exploratory commission to 
gather views and insight on the idea of charging tech giants on the issue, 
and it remains open until May. And, per Ars Technica , FCC Commissioner 
Brendan Carr wrote in Newsweek in 2021 that Big Tech has been enjoying a free 
ride on our Internet infrastructure while skipping out on the billions of 
dollars in costs needed to maintain and build that network." Broadband supply 
and demand 

But, in a blog post , Metas Kevin Salvadori, Vice President of Network, and 
Bruno Cendon Martin, Director and Head of RL Wireless, argued that Metas 
value as a Content Application Provider (CAP) should exempt it from these 
charges. 

Network fee proposals, they wrote, are built on a false premise because they 
do not recognise the value that CAPs create for the digital ecosystem, nor 
the investments we make in the infrastructure that underpins it. 

Meta claims that, over the last decade, CAPs have invested over $880 billion 
in internet infrastructure, and that it has invested $100 billion by itself, 
including billions in Europe. Naturally, the blog post doesnt provide a 
source for its own spending. 

Meta may in fact invest in infrastructure, but, by its own admission, the 
company believes that investing in itself drives demand for internet 
services. This may only be a bit egomaniacal. 

Every year, Meta invests tens of billions of euros in our apps and platforms  
such as Facebook, Instagram and Quest  to facilitate the hosting of content. 

Billions of people go online every day to access this content, creating the 
demand that allows telecom operators to charge people for internet access. 
Our investment in content literally drives the revenue and business model of 
telecom operators. Read more 

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Tech giants have their own expenses paid to internet service providers and 
content delivery networks ( CDNs ), but thats probably missing the point: If 
tech companies need governments to step in and create infrastructure that it 
will then use heavily for its own profit making purposes, they should foot 
the bill. 

Nobody, and no governmental body, should be doing something out of the 
kindness of their heart for a rich as sin tech company. Heres our list of the 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/meta-says-big-tech-firms-shouldnt-pay-for-their
-own-network-costs


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