from SLATE:
>The [Wall Street JOURNAL] fronts word that Google has approached major
>Internet service providers with a proposal to give faster access to the
>company's content on the Web. This is merely the latest example of the way the
>issue known as network neutrality is losing some of its biggest backers. Only
>two years ago, some of the biggest companies in the industry, including Yahoo,
>Microsoft, and Google, seemed determined to protect network neutrality. But
>now, these companies, along with some prominent Internet scholars, have
>switched tracks and are working on deals that would provide faster access to
>their Web sites. President-elect Barack Obama spoke up about defending network
>neutrality during the campaign, but some of his technology advisers are among
>those who have changed their view on the issue.<
--
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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