What everybody seems to be overlooking is that actual EU regulations committees are completely ignoring Net Neutrality. Check out a critique of the latest EU Telecom Regulations Review
Exactly. The discussion on Net neutrality often overlooks the individual, and the small players, who stand to loose most. I find it odd that concern centers round eBay, Google and Yahoo. Yes, it is a worry that telecom companies will gouge extra margins from them, but what about the 2 man start-up. Or the frustrated activist. Or the discenting voice ?
Nielsen is in grave danger of awakening the Giant. Google has all the weapons to put a Nielsen/NetRating killer online. The statistics sample size from its toolbar is far greater than Nielsen's panelists by several orders of magnitude. Tie in some demographic data and it has a product to kill off Netratings and Hitwise.
Given the $10000 a year pricetag on hitwise and Netratings, there are many companies out there (including my own who would love another Google freebie.
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What everybody seems to be overlooking is that actual EU regulations committees are completely ignoring Net Neutrality. Check out a critique of the latest EU Telecom Regulations Review
Exactly. The discussion on Net neutrality often overlooks the individual, and the small players, who stand to loose most. I find it odd that concern centers round eBay, Google and Yahoo. Yes, it is a worry that telecom companies will gouge extra margins from them, but what about the 2 man start-up. Or the frustrated activist. Or the discenting voice ?
The people who will be worst hit are the internet startups, who still dont have a solid business model to come up with the extra access payments.
Nielsen is in grave danger of awakening the Giant. Google has all the weapons to put a Nielsen/NetRating killer online. The statistics sample size from its toolbar is far greater than Nielsen's panelists by several orders of magnitude. Tie in some demographic data and it has a product to kill off Netratings and Hitwise. Given the $10000 a year pricetag on hitwise and Netratings, there are many companies out there (including my own who would love another Google freebie.