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Google's Schmidt talks about his non-neutral enterprise business plans... and double standard

Submitted by Scott Cleland on Wed, 2008-04-30 17:40

CNBC's Maria Bartaromo had a rare in-depth TV interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt.

The comments that have relevance to net neutrality were how Google's CEO, one of the biggest proponent for Net Neutrality legislation of broadband networks in the world, candidly admitted that all customers were not alike; that they have different needs; and that Google plans to charge those who want higher quality of service -- more money.

  • Bartiromo: "What about the corporate customer? I understand that there are tests going on right now. What are you hearing from that customer?"

    Schmidt: "We're working with the corporate customers to do the same thing inside their networks as we do with consumers. Now, corporate customers are
    not the same thing as consumer customers. Corporate customers have a much higher need for reliability, so we'll sign an agreement that guarantees a certain level of service. But then we charge for it.     So that's a case where people are willing to pay for something which is free without the level of reliability. They also have other needs. They need greater security, for all the obvious reasons. And they also need better integration with all of the other services that their companies have. This is a long process. It's not a fast process. But it's very deeply valuable. And those customers we will have for 20 or 30 or 40 years as they build into our model. We like that model. It's an enterprise play. It's a business that I've been in for a long time, and one which will ultimately be very, very lucrative through Google." [Bold added]

I know I'm not the only one that sees this obvious Google double standard as predatory and anti-competitive.

  • Google wants a law that bans its broadband competitors from engaging in the normal tailored commerical arrangements that Google overtly plans to engage in.
    • Is Mr. Schmidt in an alternate reality, or does he just think everyone else is stupid and doesn't see Google's self-serving hypocrisy?    

 

 

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