On 07/30/2013 02:17 PM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > Yes, capital E Evil > > In a dramatic about-face on a key internet issue yesterday, Google > told the FCC that the network neutrality rules Google once > championed don’t give citizens the right to run servers on their > home broadband connections, and that the Google Fiber network is > perfectly within its rights to prohibit customers from attaching > the legal devices of their choice to its network. > > http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/07/google-neutrality/ >
Actually, this is more of a case of the FCC being wishy-washy with their regulations. To date, "network neutrality" has not been truly defined: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-201A1.pdf So lets not fly off the handle. Under the laws of the USA, any service provider (internet or otherwise) can restrict the uses of their "product" based on the needs of their business. Yes, even, and especially, a small ISP, not just Google, needs to worry about some users hogging bandwidth so that other customers have trouble using the service. Even a restaurant can restrict the definition or "all you can eat." A less sensationalistic report is here: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/07/google-we-can-ban-servers-on-fiber-without-violating-net-neutrality/ That said, It's still a bum deal - if you want to run a server. 99% don't. And, this is what Comcast, Verizon, ATT, and any number of big or small ISPs gave done for years. So, before we assume Google is Evil, perhaps consider the sad state of true broadband in the USA. With Google's push into true 21st Century data speeds, they may just be forcing the FCC and Congress to get off their collective arses. Nothing gets things moving faster than irate taxpayers! _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
