Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Google turns 180 on Net Neutrality Issue

Sphere: Related Content      As a response to the Wall Street Journal's news about fast track in the Web, Google has tossed its stance and cleares that still it advocates the policy of network neutrality. Their proposed plan, known as OpenEdge, is all about putting caching servers within each provider’s network allowing near immediate access to Google content.
     But this is also contrary to the Google’s earlier internet neutrality stance and opens the door for an internet where influential companies get fast access by using the financial power and everyone else gets slower access. Though Google makes it loud and clear this arrangement does not violate any clause of net neutrality. Though We can find much opponents and proponents on the edge caching concept of Google and whether it is an exploitation of the net neutrality concept. But one thing everyone would agree that placing the edge-caching server does enhance the user experience on about Google's content download and application. Basically Google has used its financial clout to get preferential treatment from the ISPs in whatever form it may be, as mentioned by WSJ.
Anyways, should we believe that Internet is still free and open to all ?? I hope so.

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