Google’s Openness Before The FCC

Courtesy ZDNET - Between the Lines  Wed, 07/30/2008 - 11:37am

Google clearly wants the FCC to make sure that other private companies’ networks are open equally to all Internet services.

Now, it will be interesting to see if that applies to networks in which Google is involved. On Friday, the Commission takes up the question of whether Comcast Corp., the nation’s largest provider of high-speed access [...]



 

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