On Tuesday 10 August 2010 09:23:28 Shane Isbell wrote: > 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-interne > t-policy-proposal-without-mobile-limits.html
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