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Google Argues Against Net Neutrality

Posted by Soulskill on from the here-is-your-internet-connection-but-don't-use-it-for-internet dept.

An anonymous reader sends this quote from an article at Wired: "In a dramatic about-face on a key internet issue yesterday, Google told the FCC (PDF) that the network neutrality rules Google once championed don't give citizens the right to run servers on their home broadband connections, and that the Google Fiber network is perfectly within its rights to prohibit customers from attaching the legal devices of their choice to its network."

2 of 555 comments (clear)

  1. Where is tuppe666? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Where is tuppe666? He appears in every Google/MS/Apple threat to tell us how good Google is and how much they love us. Please save us tuppe!

  2. For fucks sake google hating shills. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Every ISP.. I mean every fucking ISP has terms of service that state what you can and cannot do on their network. It's a legal CYA to prevent people people from conducting abusive behavior. Nobody advocates a strict, absolute interpenetration of "Net Neutrality", or you could get away with ping flooding your neighbor under the guise of free and unfettered access.

    And yes, they also restrict behavior based on class of service. You can't claim "Net Neutrality" if you buy a bunch of google home fiber links and decide to start up yoru own CDN or server host farm.

    Clue the fuck in people.