Google and Verizon in Talks on Selling Internet Priority

Re:Google and Verizon in Talks on Selling Internet Priority by hansef on Wednesday August 04, 2010 @10:07PM (#1576916)

Alternatively, Google says "net neutrality is is great for everybody else, bitches."

"Don't be evil" is officially dead at the hands of a lust for control. Compare to Google in 2006:

"Today the Internet is an information highway where anybody – no matter how large or small, how traditional or unconventional – has equal access. But the phone and cable monopolies, who control almost all Internet access, want the power to choose who gets access to high-speed lanes and whose content gets seen first and fastest. They want to build a two-tiered system and block the on-ramps for those who can't pay. Creativity, innovation and a free and open marketplace are all at stake in this fight." -- Eric Schmidt

http://www.google.com/help/netneutrality_letter.html

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Re:Google and Verizon in Talks on Selling Internet Priority by alf on Wednesday August 04, 2010 @10:33PM (#1576964)

This article a little hard to believe to me. It's unsettling to see it from the NYT. Is there a need to bring up Android twice? I fail see to how Verizon running Android phones strengthens the notion that these two companies are forming an alliance.

This would go against everything Google has publicly stated on the subject.

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Re:Google and Verizon in Talks on Selling Internet Priority by mikedouglas on Wednesday August 04, 2010 @10:43PM (#1576990)

Google has supported net neutrality legislation, but I don't think they've ever ruled out playing along with the carriers, had the regulatory efforts failed.

I'm not so sure what is so hard to believe; fast response times are crucial to Google's core business, selling eyeballs to advertisers. They could have waited for Microsoft or Yahoo to make the first move, but it's possible they were worried about being shut out.

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Re:Google and Verizon in Talks on Selling Internet Priority by jsz0 on Wednesday August 04, 2010 @11:00PM (#1577021)

Allow me to paint a conspiracy theory:

Verizon: So yeah Google... Apple is interested in making a deal to prioritize iTunes traffic with us. We figured we'd see if you wanted to make a deal too.

Google: No way.

Verizon: OK well, bad news, we're not going to subsidize Android phones anymore. We're never touching Google TV for FIOS. We're going to start selling the iPhone in fact -- and Apple has even let us change the default search engine to Bing as part of our prioritization deal.

Google: Well played. Where do we sign up?

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Re:Google and Verizon in Talks on Selling Internet Priority by refulgentis on Wednesday August 04, 2010 @11:08PM (#1577046)

That's not a conspiracy theory, that's completely making shit up. Apple doesn't appear once in the entire article.

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Re:Google and Verizon in Talks on Selling Internet Priority by nostrademons on Thursday August 05, 2010 @12:51AM (#1577250)

"That's not a conspiracy theory, that's completely making shit up."

Aren't they usually the same thing?

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Re:Google and Verizon in Talks on Selling Internet Priority by jsz0 on Thursday August 05, 2010 @01:09AM (#1577280)

Definitely. It's just interesting to think about the possibilities. Things always happen for a reason. Maybe I should have added a disclaimer that it's complete speculation. If Google had made this type of deal with Comcast or Cox Communications there wouldn't be any room for wacky conspiracy theories because they have very little direct interest in any Google services or products. Verizon does. That's what makes it fun.

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Re:Google and Verizon in Talks on Selling Internet Priority by loewenskind on Thursday August 05, 2010 @04:36AM (#1577544)

>This would go against everything Google has publicly stated on the subject.

Who cares what a company has publicly stated? If a US insurance company has always publicly stated they only care about saving lives would you believe them? I guess so.

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Re:Google and Verizon in Talks on Selling Internet Priority by hartror on Thursday August 05, 2010 @01:28AM (#1577307)

As opposed to now :(

http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/search/label/Net%20Ne...

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