Google Comments to FCC on Network Neutrality
Jason, at WebProWorld, has clued us in on Google’s Comments re Net Neutrality (pdf) that have been filed with the FCC. His analysis of Google’s Net Neutrality comments points up the importance of Net Neutrality with the market reality of broadband as it exists in the US today, “. . . clueless politicos have been relying primarily on the spun wool of the telecommunications industry, both parties (telecomm and cable) with vested interest in a non-neutral Internet . . . Whitt points to a rather salient and resonant aspect of broadband access: Nearly 100% of Americans with broadband connections subscribe via telephone or cable company, a clear duopoly. While these same two industries mention emerging competition – broadband over power lines, satellite, etc.– Whitt notes that in reality these options cannot offer the speeds of DSL or cable.”
The gist of the comments is that Google Gets It. They point out that there are certain ways to prioritize traffic that should be permitted, but that prioritizing traffic by origin or content should never be permitted. Google also deplores the sidelining of the current internet onto a slow lane so that IPTV can hog the bandwidth.
Technorati Tags: Net Neutrality, Telecomms, Cable, Google, FCC, Broadband Policy
06/21/07, 11:11 AM |
The irony is that Google is exploring IPTV and has publicly admitted that something needs to be done to ensure quality of service. Google is walking the fine line between providing content and service. I am a consultant for Hands Off the Internet and Google has every right to an opinion but a government regulated internet is not the way to go. We’ve seen the internet achieve great heights just over the past couple of years without net neutrality laws. Let’s keep the internet flowing and growing.
06/21/07, 11:19 AM |
Um, the internet is successful BECAUSE it has always, until recently, been neutral. It didn’t get successful in the last couple years. And if I have any say about it, it WILL remain a success despite trolls like you kissing the asses of the Telecomms, who only want regulation when it benefits them.