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<DIV><SPAN class=907545514-15122008><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Evidently the WSJ has been doing some "creative reporting" around the
NN issue and trying to find some movement in various positions concerning the
issue which the principals involved are asserting were never
there...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr lang=en-us class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left><FONT size=2
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> David Farber
[mailto:dave@farber.net] <BR><B>Sent:</B> December-15-08 2:49 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
ip<BR><B>Subject:</B> [IP] Google Wants Its Own Fast Track on the Web -
WSJ.comGoogles response -- <BR><BR></FONT></DIV>I am surprised at the sloppy
reporting of the WSJ in hyping what , at least from what I can find out, a
"simple" step. Any comments djf
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color=#000000 size=3 face=Helvetica><B>From: </B></FONT><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3 face=Helvetica>"Nick Johnson" <<A
href="mailto:arachnid@notdot.net">arachnid@notdot.net</A>></FONT></DIV>
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color=#000000 size=3 face=Helvetica><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3 face=Helvetica>December 15, 2008 6:19:14 AM
EST</FONT></DIV>
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color=#000000 size=3 face=Helvetica><B>To: </B></FONT><FONT
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href="mailto:dave@farber.net">dave@farber.net</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica; COLOR: #000000"
color=#000000 size=3 face=Helvetica><B>Subject: </B></FONT><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3 face=Helvetica><B>Re: [IP] Google Wants Its
Own Fast Track on the Web - WSJ.com</B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px"><BR></DIV></DIV>Dave,<BR><BR>For IP,
if you wish.<BR><BR>This article has been pretty thoroughly debunked -
colocating caching machines at ISPs has little to do with network neutrality,
and certainly doesn't encourage discrimination. Here's Google's official
response:<BR><BR><A
href="http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2008/12/net-neutrality-and-benefits-of-caching.html">http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2008/12/net-neutrality-and-benefits-of-caching.html</A><BR><BR>And
Lawrence Lessig has written a rebuttal, too:<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/12/15/wsj-invents-fictiona.html">http://www.boingboing.net/2008/12/15/wsj-invents-fictiona.html</A>
(linked to BoingBoing, since Lessig's site seems to be down right
now).<BR><BR>Full Disclosure: I work for Google, though not in any capacity
impinging upon this. My opinions are entirely my own.<BR><BR><BR>-Nick
Johnson<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 2:32 AM, David Farber <SPAN
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much for the competition and Net Neu djf</DIV>
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target=_blank
href="http://online.wsj.com/search/search_center.html?KEYWORDS=VISHESH+KUMAR&ARTICLESEARCHQUERY_PARSER=bylineAND">VISHESH
KUMAR</A> and <A
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celebrated openness of the Internet -- network providers are not supposed to
give preferential treatment to any traffic -- is quietly losing powerful
defenders.</P>
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target=_blank
href="http://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=goog">Google</A> Inc.
has approached major cable and phone companies that carry Internet traffic
with a proposal to create a fast lane for its own content, according to
documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. Google has traditionally been
one of the loudest advocates of equal network access for all content
providers.</P></SPAN></DIV>
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