> this sounds like a Net Neutrality End Around to me. > > http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/10/youtube-bandwidth/ > "Now if you are Google, you might even begin asking Comcast to pay up to > connect its Google Tubes straight to their local cable ISP networks. That > way, YouTube videos and Google search results would show up faster, letting > the ISP brag that YouTube doesn’t stutter on their network, a potential > commercial advantage over its DSL competitors. > “Who pays whom is changing,” Labovitz said. “All sorts of negotiations are > happening behind closed doors.” > Unfortunately, few will know the outcomes of those talks, since most of the > net’s architecture, let alone the financial machinations behind them, remain > a secret cloaked in nondisclosure agreements."
I read it the same way. Google must be quietly buying their own infrastructure so Comcast/ATT could never dictate terms to them. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:videoblogging-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: videoblogging-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
