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1. It’s just NY Times making up shit (TechCrunch follow-up)

   by Ryan on August 5 2010, 10:20 pm   #

2. God damn NYT. I should have known better after reading Necessary Illusions.

   by ramanan on August 6 2010, 9:08 am   #

3. [Verizon and Google] both recognize that wireless broadband is different from the traditional wireline world, in part because the mobile marketplace is more competitive and changing rapidly. In recognition of the still-nascent nature of the wireless broadband marketplace, under this proposal we would not now apply most of the wireline principles to wireless, except for the transparency requirement.

   — A joint policy proposal for an open Internet

   Well, that certainly sounds like Google saying fuck you to Net Neutrality — at least on a platform it’s not dominating in.

   by ramanan on August 9 2010, 3:24 pm   #

4. The good news is nothing about this compromise has any teeth without the FCC deciding to made it part of its official rules on network neutrality. However, given the FCC’s precarious position as a broadband regulator and a lack of support from Congress on this issue the temptation to accept this compromise as good for everyone may force a version of network neutrality that leaves mobile, one of the fastest areas of innovation on the web, out of the new rules. It also enables an alternative version of the public Internet that could lead to the creation of a first-class and a second-class system of packet delivery.

   — Google and Verizon’s Net Neutrality Compromise is Pretty Weak

   by ramanan on August 9 2010, 3:32 pm   #

5. A MetaFilter follow-up thread.

   by ramanan on August 9 2010, 4:45 pm   #

6. The wireless compromise will likely have a huge impact on firms like Skype, Pandora and mobile video services that are relying on the growth of the mobile Internet to boost their businesses. The inability to enforce network neutrality on wireless devices opens the gateway for carrier blocking of certain applications delivered via the web to wireless handsets. Sure, the framework notes operators have to be transparent, but firms have been transparent about blocking VoIP services like Skype from their networks for years.

   — Tech Companies, Google sold you out.

   by ramanan on August 10 2010, 9:02 am   #

7. The EFF discuss this deal.

   by ramanan on August 11 2010, 10:30 am   #

8. Why Google Became A Carrier-Humping, Net Neutrality Surrender Monkey.

   by ramanan on August 11 2010, 4:31 pm   #

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