Google Net Neutrality Stance Gives Net’s Future to Corporations
Publisher
MSNBC.com
Date
2010-8-10
It could have been worse. Last week The New York Times ran a story that declared Google was working on some sort of secret agreement with Verizon to allow Google services (like YouTube) to flow faster over Verizon’s networks than other content would.
If true, it not only would have meant that Google was reversing its long-held commitment to "network neutrality," it also would have meant that each of the major Internet service providers would have immediately cut separate deals with a variety of media companies, essentially auctioning off the "fast lanes" to their services.
So we held our breath for five days, hoping it was not true. Well, it wasn’t. Google is innocent of the charge of dealing away its principles for an unfair advantage.
Citation
Siva Vaidhyanathan, Google Net Neutrality Stance Gives Net’s Future to Corporations, MSNBC.com (August 10, 2010).