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Re:Google and Verizon in Talks on Selling Internet Priority by ismarc on Wednesday August 04, 2010 @10:40PM (#1576980)
I ended up reading this article multiple times and combing over every line of it to try and find the part where Google was going to buy Internet priority. In the end, I've concluded that the opposite is taking place. Google and Verizon are in talks about Google not taking legal action against Verizon, no matter how they choose to manage their network. While still troubling, the real concern is what this would show legislators about the need for net neutrality provisions. And it could go either way.
Re:Google and Verizon in Talks on Selling Internet Priority by InclinedPlane on Thursday August 05, 2010 @04:12AM (#1577501)
Another article in the Washington post makes this clearer.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2010/08/google_and...

Google isn't buying priority, they're negotiating for non-priority. That's a horse of a different color entirely.

Re:Google and Verizon in Talks on Selling Internet Priority by nkassis on Thursday August 05, 2010 @12:37AM (#1577231)
I was going to say the same thing. The article seems very sparse on details of what is really being discussed. It's all talk until the details are public.

But my google love bias is probably a little transparent.