Google Wants Its Own Fast Track on the Web - WSJ.com

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

So much for the competition and Net Neu djf

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122929270127905065.html


By 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 companies that carry  
Internet traffic with a proposal to create a fast lane for its own  
content, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.  
Google has traditionally been one of the loudest advocates of equal  
network access for all content providers.


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