Some info on Google and Verizon on net neutrality in the link below. The article is a bit muddled. What Verizon is really trying to do is QoS and charging more for better service, something very similar to how they are now charging for tethering (although in a new way which I explain below). T-Mobile never built out their QoS so we can expect them to remain neutral; but with Verizon and Google both coming out in support of this, I'd expect two things to happen on VZW.
First, Android services are going to become tiered so to get the full-experience is going to start costing end-users more. Second, companies like Google are going to be able to strike deals so that services like YouTube will be unrestricted, while services of competitors (or other third-parties) who don't pay Verizon will be throttled. I understand the reasons carriers give for this, they pay a lot for the network so the people that use it the most should pay more. This is standard business practice. But this new argument emerging that certain websites or services should be restricted is rather smelly and reflects back the old Verizon (the true Verizon?) prior to Android. It's basically saying that companies that pay more will have better service and this allows whole competitive landscapes to shift in ways that QoS on the end-user couldn't. To make this more specific, say you have a really popular Android application and then Verizon has a most-favored vendor that decides to come up with a competitor to your application. Well, when your service becomes twice as slow (or even unusable), which service do you think users will move to? This is a very dangerous slope for Android. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-09/google-verizon-offer-joint-internet-policy-proposal-without-mobile-limits.html -- Shane Isbell (Founder of ZappMarket) http://apps.facebook.com/zappmarket/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
