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Re:Google's Growing Silence on Saving Open Internet Leaves F... by gress on Tuesday July 08, 2014 @05:18PM (#8006793)
Quoting Google's marketing just proves the point about their duplicity. How do you account for them joining with Verizon to lobby against network neutrality?

A more restricted internet would benefit Google because they have huge capacity of their own and very deep pockets to buy priority where necessary, so they would be further protected against competition and their own products would be advantaged.

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Re:Google's Growing Silence on Saving Open Internet Leaves F... by dm2 on Tuesday July 08, 2014 @05:23PM (#8006815)
I can't find anything about Google lobbying against net neutrality, do you have any sources?

4 years ago Google modified Verizon's proposal after years of stalemate, moving forward was in the best interest of everyone involved, including consumers.

Would you not agree that it's better that Google be involved in the Verizon (or any telecommunications company) proposal rather than be absent from it? It seems like a reluctant compromise they made, maybe they regret being associated with it, but they were in no way against net-neutrality.

http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2010/08/joint-policy-...

What's wrong with quotes from their public policy sites? What would be a better source? Here is the EFF's take on the 2010 Google/Verizon situation: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/08/google-verizon-netneut...

Also: https://www.eff.org/guide-to-the-fcc-net-neutrality-proposal

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Re:Google's Growing Silence on Saving Open Internet Leaves F... by pessimizer on Tuesday July 08, 2014 @05:59PM (#8006943)
>Would you not agree that it's better that Google be involved in the Verizon (or any telecommunications company) proposal rather than be absent from it?

Yes, I would not agree?

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Re:Google's Growing Silence on Saving Open Internet Leaves F... by gress on Tuesday July 08, 2014 @09:45PM (#8007692)
If we're going by quotes from corporate websites, Comcast also supports the open internet, so none of us have anything to worry about.
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