[governance] Net neutrality on mobiles

[Desiree Miloshevic]

On 10 Aug 2010, at 14:55, Jeanette Hofmann wrote:

>
>
> On 10.08.2010 14:52, Desiree Miloshevic wrote:
>>
>> On 10 Aug 2010, at 14:19, Jeanette Hofmann wrote:
>>
>>>> All of it misses the point that the telcos have never really been  
>>>> NN
>>>> practitioners, it's just not part of who they are.
>>>>
>>>> My question is "why now?" What does Google have to gain at this  
>>>> point
>>>> by saying " under this proposal we would not now apply most of the
>>>> wireline principles to wireless, except for the transparency
>>>> requirement". Is this the best they could get?
>>>
>>> Perhaps Google expects the pro-neutrality camp to fall apart and  
>>> other
>>> content providers negotiating deals with carriers as well? Perhaps
>>> Google-Verizon is just the first deal that goes public.
>>>
>>
>> Perhaps also an offer Google could not refuse?
>
> You mean, in terms of McTim's question, this _is_ the best deal they  
> could get?
>
While nobody knows exact terms of the deal, I  was simply being more  
sceptical,
meaning that they got the deal nobody else could get.

Desiree
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More links and blogs:
http://policyblog.verizon.com/BlogPost/742/JointPolicyProposalforanOpenInternet.aspx
http://www.alfranken.com/index.php/splash/netneutrality
http://chrismarsden.blogspot.com/2010/08/google-verizon-wedding-cake-is-made-of.html


> jeanette
>>
>> Desiree
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>>> jeanette
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