[governance] Net Neutrality Opponent Calls Google a "Bandwidth Hog"

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

All,

  For some of us, this is not exactly news.  Yet, despite Googles
"Green" image, it is rather contrary to what Google is projecting
and decidedly politically incorrect.  But of course, Googles own
marketing/propaganda blog attempts to mitigate the facts. Oh my!

  Vint, perhaps some more inside Google "Evangelizing" would
be helpful to address this problem in light of the energy crunch
as well as the financial crunch that the whole world is suffering
would be far better PR, for Google as well as more in line with
the upcoming Obama administration, lest President Elect Obama
starts off on the wrong foot?

See:
"According to PC World, an analyst with ties to
the telecom industry — in a baseless attack on the concept of Net
Neutrality — has
http://www.pcworld.com/article/155076/google_bandwidth_hog.html?tk=rss_news

accused Google Inc. of being a bandwidth hog.  Quoting: '"Internet
connections could be more affordable for everyone, if Google paid its
fair share of the Internet's cost," wrote Cleland in the report. "It is
ironic
that Google, the largest user of Internet capacity pays the least
relatively
to fund the Internet's cost; it is even more ironic that the company
poised
to profit more than any other from more broadband deployment, expects
the American taxpayer to pick up its skyrocketing bandwidth tab."'
Google
http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2008/12/response-to-phone-companies-google.html
responded on their public policy blog, citing 'significant
methodological
and factual errors that undermine his report's conclusions.' Ars
Technica
http://arstechnica.com/journals/law.ars/2008/12/05/can-we-get-some-better-telecom-shills-please
highlighted some of Cleland's faulty reasoning as well.

Regards,

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