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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Hi All<br>
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What is most interesting in the joint statement is this new concept of
Technical Advisory Groups. Seeking technicalisation of areas which are
legitimately for political governance is an old trick of the dominant
interests, which we already have enough of trouble dealing with in IG
arena. And now Google is joining in. <br>
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I also read dilution of Google's stand on NN, at least in terms of
expectations of laying out NN principles and policies by the government
and their strict enforcement. (though one would have to see Google's
own separate submission on the subject.)<br>
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>From the referred joint statement<br>
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<blockquote><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">With respect to
traditional Internet access services, the parties agree that
differential</font><br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">treatment of Internet
traffic by network operators may be either beneficial or harmful to
users.</font><br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Particular practices could
be acceptable or unacceptable discrimination, depending on their effect</font><br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">on competition and on
users. While we do not necessarily agree on which side of the line</font><br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">various practices may
fall, we do agree that such practices should be evaluated on a
case-by-case</font><br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">basis.</font><br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><br>
Their is saying in Hindi - People who live in glass houses do not
throw stones at other people's house. Perhaps Google has started to
realize the glassiness of its own house.<br>
<br>
Parminder <br>
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Kleinwächter, Wolfgang wrote:
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Interesting Joint Statement Google & Verizon
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/comment/view?id=6015527661">http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/comment/view?id=6015527661</a>
wolfgang
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