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Google begins effort to find Internet blockers
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:18:55 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: "lynn" <lynn () ecgincc com> Date: January 28, 2009 3:47:39 PM EST To: dave () farber net Subject: Google begins effort to find Internet blockers Google begins effort to find Internet blockers WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Google Inc (GOOG.O) on Wednesday unveiled a plan aimed at eventually letting computer users determine whether providers like Comcast Corp (CMCSA.O) are inappropriately blocking or slowing their work online.The scheme is the latest bid in the debate over network neutrality, which
pits content companies like Google against some Internet service providers. The ISPs say they need to take reasonable steps to manage ever-growing traffic on their networks for the good of all users. Content andapplications companies fear the providers have the power to discriminate,
favoring some traffic over others. Google will provide academic researchers with 36 servers in 12 locations in the United States and Europe to analyze data, said its chief Internetguru, Vint Cerf, known as the "father of the Internet." [[ I will not entertain yells re Fatherhood djf]]
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