Will stockphoto load fast or slow on the new internet?
The days of self publishing are likely over. The New York Times reports this morning that “Google and Verizon are nearing an agreement that could allow Verizon to speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if the content's creators are willing to pay for the privilege.” In a very near future, big publishing houses like Vanity Fair and The New York Times will load quickly because they’ll be able to afford the extra charges while small blogs like Art Fag City will be relegated to the slow lane.
This news comes only three months after a federal appeals court ruled that the FCC has no legal authority to enforce net neutrality regulations on service providers. Up until this time, giant communications companies had been blocked from making deals that would create a two tier system in which only the moneyed can afford quick load times.
The Times suggests the deal will be a result of the mobile technology race though reporter Edward Wyatt never does more than gently remind readers that Google’s android phones use Verizon’s services. He also mentions their competitor Apple, which will use Verizon’s carrier services starting next January, ending AT&T’s exclusive services for the iphone. Past that all readers know is that Google will get an unspecified something out of agreeing not to challenge Verizon's ability to manage its broadband Internet network as it pleased.
Naturally an array of galling statements have been offered up relative to net neutrality and its enforcement. “Our primary goal was always to clear our name and reputation.” Comcast told CNN last April, as if their desire to provide shittier service and charge more for it had unduly soiled their reputation. We can expect little help from congress. In an unrelated Times article by Democratic member of the House of Representatives Anthony Weiner talks about how not even noncontroversial legislation can’t get passed due to willful obstruction. Net Neutrality doesn’t fit this bill, but that’s because both the Democrats and the Republicans receive money from these giant corporations, and thusly kowtow to their interests.
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No worries Paddy, we are use to operating in outmoded media.
No worries Paddy, we are use to operating in outmoded media.
Google is calling the article hyperbole. They did meet with Verizon about Net Neutrality, but not to set prices.
mobile.computerworld.com/device/article.php?CALL_URL=http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9180192/Google_denies_talks_with_Verizon_to_end_Net_neutrality_
Google is calling the article hyperbole. They did meet with Verizon about Net Neutrality, but not to set prices.
mobile.computerworld.com/device/article.php?CALL_URL=http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9180192/Google_denies_talks_with_Verizon_to_end_Net_neutrality_
Google calling anything “hyperbole” is a pot/kettle/black scenario. Have you Googled anything lately? The results are absolutely hyperbolic.
“Save the Internet” link: http://bit.ly/4BaG9z
Google calling anything “hyperbole” is a pot/kettle/black scenario. Have you Googled anything lately? The results are absolutely hyperbolic.
“Save the Internet” link: http://bit.ly/4BaG9z
“No worries Paddy, we are use to operating in outmoded media.”
How noble. I say rejoining the old avant garde is slim consolation for losing access to millions of potential readers and viewers.
“No worries Paddy, we are use to operating in outmoded media.”
How noble. I say rejoining the old avant garde is slim consolation for losing access to millions of potential readers and viewers.
Let Big Media go to the top. People will still ignor them. Blogs will exist and these money grabbing corporations won’t get a dime from me and millions of others. The internet is freedom and these bastards don’t want that.
Jerry Harris
San Francisco
Let Big Media go to the top. People will still ignor them. Blogs will exist and these money grabbing corporations won’t get a dime from me and millions of others. The internet is freedom and these bastards don’t want that.
Jerry Harris
San Francisco
Is it that you blog, and other sites like it, will continue at their current speed while rich websites go even quicker, or will they actually slow down small users?
Is it that you blog, and other sites like it, will continue at their current speed while rich websites go even quicker, or will they actually slow down small users?
Well then does this mean that if Yahoo or Bing teams up with another ISP or a new ISP that they will then become the new Google? The only way Google’s strategy can work and not ending up backfiring on them and costing them the #1 search engine throne would be to make sure another search engine cannot team up with another ISP. I imagine that is what is contained in the fine print of any FCC docs. Seems like Yahoo, Bing or another search engine should be working overtime on this angle. It could mean that they could take the search engine throne away from Google. This could turn out to be a disaster for Google for so many reasons. I personally really like the Google search engine, but I think this could really go bad for them if another search engine and ISP sieze this opportunity. Google is actually providing an opening and giving someone else a shot at their Internet throne. Kind of a risky move.
Well then does this mean that if Yahoo or Bing teams up with another ISP or a new ISP that they will then become the new Google? The only way Google’s strategy can work and not ending up backfiring on them and costing them the #1 search engine throne would be to make sure another search engine cannot team up with another ISP. I imagine that is what is contained in the fine print of any FCC docs. Seems like Yahoo, Bing or another search engine should be working overtime on this angle. It could mean that they could take the search engine throne away from Google. This could turn out to be a disaster for Google for so many reasons. I personally really like the Google search engine, but I think this could really go bad for them if another search engine and ISP sieze this opportunity. Google is actually providing an opening and giving someone else a shot at their Internet throne. Kind of a risky move.
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