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You are hereAmazonNew Chairman Markey defends: protecting Google from net neutralitySubmitted by Scott Cleland on Wed, 2007-01-17 18:44I just got around to watching House telecom Subcommittee Chariman Ed Markey address the Memphis media reform conference and was struck that he felt the need to go out of his way to defend Google and only Google at this strongly anti-business forum.
With all due respect Mr. Chairman, "Why should we protect Google?" is precisely the right question. MyDD unabashedly using non-neutral "Googlebombs" to skew search/electionSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2007-01-16 14:22The hypocrisy of net neutrality supporters appears to have no bounds! The influential left wing MyDD blog of Chris Bowers is unabashedly setting out on a broad Internet to manipulate Google search results with their negative political take on John McCain. I need not say more. Just read the link above or see the excerpt I have posted below. Today, I am proposing a long-term, anti-McCain googlebomb project similar to the Googlebomb the Elections campaign I founded in 2006. Read the extended entry for details. Google/Youtube not a neutral gatekeeper; the new discriminatory Internet Censor?Submitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2007-01-16 13:51The respected National Journal has a very interesting article about YouTube and how it may be choosing sides or is not "neutral." It's an important quick read; kudos to National Journal for focusing on it.
Why is this noteworthy?
Hypocrisy Watch: Google's search share rising to 47%,Yahoo's to 28% duopolists?Submitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2007-01-16 10:24It is the height of hypocrisy that non-neutral Google/Yahoo, with 77% share of the search market and rising, continues to assert that the neutrally-operating phone and cable companies are duopolists that endanger the free and open web. Google and Yahoo are increasingly dominant search gatekeepers for the Internet. ComScore's latest figures show Google with 47.3%, Yahoo with 28.5%, market share and rising -- and #3 Microsoft 10.5%, and #4 IAC Ask at 5.4% and falling. Why this is so hypocritical is that: What's the problem? 1516 days without a net neutrality mandateSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2007-01-12 10:37To commemorate the "Seinfeld-ian" aspect of "net neutrality being a show about nothing," NetCompetition.org has introduced a prominent, "What's the Problem?" daily ticker on the NetCompetition.org site.
It has been 1,516 days or over four years, since the term "net neutrality" was first used publicly and that there has been no net neutrality mandate.
*Professor Lawrence Lessig is credited with making up the term "net neutrality". Its a clever, but vacuous term that has caught on. Why Dorgan-Snowe is all about politics and not real Internet PolicySubmitted by Scott Cleland on Wed, 2007-01-10 17:50There are several telling indications that net neutrality remains a political and partisan issue and is not a serious legislative/policy issue or industry problem.
First, the only change in the Senate net neutrality bill just introduced, was to change its name from Snowe-Dorgan to Dorgan-Snowe to reflect the new Democratic changeover of Congress. Other than that, the actual bill language is identical to last year’s bill -- according to Senator Dorgan’s spokesperson and my review of the two bills. Second, isn’t it very telling that the sponsors have learned nothing, let me repeat nothing, since they introduced their bill eight months ago that might have made their bill better or attracted more consensus? Is Bill Gates distancing Microsoft further from ItsOurNet's Net neutrality position?Submitted by Scott Cleland on Wed, 2007-01-10 09:46Listening to Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, in a podcast interview with Richard Scoble at the CES show, Microsoft clearly is no longer singing from the ItsOurNet hymnal on net neutrality.
When Microsoft withdrew its support and funding from ItsOurNet in the late fall, it indicated that it intended to rejoin ItsOurNet after the merger review was complete.
Whether or not Microsoft stays out of ItsOurNet or not, it is clear from this podcast interview that the head of Microsoft does not agree with the standard ItsOurNet line on NN. What do Seinfeld and Net Neutrality have in common?Submitted by Scott Cleland on Wed, 2007-01-10 09:08Both Seinfeld and net neutrality are shows about nothing. No problem. No harm. Nothing. Isn't America great that you can make something out of nothing? CES proves innovation is flourishing WITHOUT any NN legislationSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2007-01-08 22:44If one only listened to net neutrality proponents, one would conclude that American innovation was at death’s door, because there was no “net neutrality� in law.
Where is the evidence of the horrible discrimination problem the government must fix immediately? There is none! Push for wireless net neutrality shows how hyper-regulatory NN proponents areSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2007-01-05 10:40Net neutrality proponents are trying to make hay and promote net neutrality by saying that the application of NN to WiMax fixed wireless in one of the FCC's AT&T merger conditions amounts to breaking the wireless barrier. A little fact check and history lesson is in order to douse this silliness. Wireless is obviously competitive; everyone who turns on a TV or reads a newspaper and sees the blizzard of ads knows it is very competitive. The lame "duopoly" argument is a joke when applied to wireless, noone will take it seriously.
Wifi is free and has never been subject to net neutrality. The U.S. has more WiFi hotspots than any other country. What is the problem here that needs to be fixed? The FCC condition extending NN to WiMax, a nascent technology with miniscule market share to date, is not a big deal, becuase it is no "principle." AT&T is also forced to divest WiMax spectrum and that WiMax spectrum won't be subject to NN. Some principle! The attempt to lasso wireless into NN would be laughable if its dire unintended consequences were not so serious. Has anyone heard the phrase: "if it ain't broke don't fix it?" Pages |