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blog.wired.com - 12/15/2008

Google Blasts WSJ, Says it's Still 'Committed to Network Neutrality'

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Google is taking some heat this morning from a Wall Street journal piece that argues the company is abandoning its support of network neutrality in an attempt to make sites like YouTube faster than the competition. The WSJ claims that Google has approached major internet service providers ...

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online.wsj.com - 12/15/2008

Google Wants Its Own Fast Track on the Web

— online.wsj.com — VISHESH KUMAR and CHRISTOPHER RHOADS The celebrated openness of the Internet -- network providers are not supposed... to give preferential treatment to any traffic -- is quietly losing powerful defenders. Google Inc. has approached major cable and phone ... (more) Google Wants Its Own Fast Track on the Web

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gigaom.com - 12/15/2008

Google Turns Its Back on Network Neutrality [GigaOM]

— gigaom.com — The Wall Street Journal reports that Google, long a network neutrality champion, is looking to cut deals... with broadband providers — both cable and phone companies — to get faster access for its own content. The Journal claims it has seen documents ... (more) Google Turns Its Back on Network Neutrality [GigaOM]

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sfgate.com - 12/15/2008

Google off list of 20 most trusted companies

— sfgate.com — Google, however, dropped off the list, released today by the Ponemon Institute and TRUSTe in San Francisco,... as did Countrywide Financial, Bank of America (which acquired Countrywide) and Weight Watchers. Financial companies were tarred by the subprime ... (more) Google off list of 20 most trusted companies

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Google lambasts the Wall Street Journal
p2pnet news — ... And that would, “seem to fly in the face of the company’s long-standing support for network neutrality, but Google has called the WSJ’s article ‘confused’ and says that it remains committed to network neutrality,” says Wired, going on »»» ...

How the WSJ Failed the Web 2.0 Test [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... There has been, and will no doubt continue to be, debate about whether the Journal’s perception of Google’s behavior is correct. Some believe that Google is actually giving itself a benefit that others can’t match (except, of course, other large web companies such as Microsoft, Yahoo, Amazon, etc.). Others see it as a natural move by a large Internet company, and ...

Neutrality and Caching
PolicyBeta — There has been lots of discussion in Internet neutrality circles this week about Monday’s Wall Street Journal article claiming that Google, in seeking to enter caching deals with ISPs, is departing from its stance in favor of Internet neutrality. Google and a number of commenters (here, here and here) by now have explained why the article is off base. Like so many arguments in the Internet neutrality debate, the article is based on fundamental misconceptions about what Internet neutrality, properly conceived, would require. In ...

Google Fights Back Over Reports of Weakening Stance on Net Neutrality
DailyTech Blog Feed — ... stick with his beliefs. Barack Obama has pledged to maintain net neutrality as part of his tech agenda. He had said during a campaign speech in Google's hometown of Mountain View, "The Internet is perhaps the most open network in history, and we have to keep it that way. I will take a back seat to no one in my commitment to network neutrality." However, in the end even Obama may be swayed if his close supporters like Eric Schmidt, Google CEO, change their minds. For now Google is insisting it still supports net neutrality . It blasted back against negative reports about ...