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

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

I am surprised at the sloppy reporting of the WSJ in hyping what , at  
least from what I can find out,  a "simple" step.  Any comments djf


Begin forwarded message:

From: "Nick Johnson" <arachnid () notdot net>
Date: December 15, 2008 6:19:14 AM EST
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Google Wants Its Own Fast Track on the Web - WSJ.com

Dave,

For IP, if you wish.

This article has been pretty thoroughly debunked - colocating caching  
machines at ISPs has little to do with network neutrality, and  
certainly doesn't encourage discrimination. Here's Google's official  
response:

http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2008/12/net-neutrality-and-benefits-of-caching.html

And Lawrence Lessig has written a rebuttal, too:

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/12/15/wsj-invents-fictiona.html (linked  
to BoingBoing, since Lessig's site seems to be down right now).

Full Disclosure: I work for Google, though not in any capacity  
impinging upon this. My opinions are entirely my own.


-Nick Johnson


On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 2:32 AM, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
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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