SBC CEO: VoIP Providers Must Pay Up

SBC has made it clear that no one will receive free access to its broadband lines. In an interview with Business Week, CEO Edward Whitacre said that some companies like Google, MSN and Vonage have pushed for free usage of the pipes owned by telecom and cable companies like SBC, which will soon become AT&T.

"I ain't going to let them do that because we have spent this capital and we have to have a return on it," Whitacre said in the interview, adding that anyone who thinks the Internet should be free in that sense is "nuts." The opinionated CEO went on to say that he was not pleased with SBC's growth, calling it "terrible."