Sobre Neutralidade na Rede: "Google and Verizon Near Deal on Pay Tiers for Web"

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Diego Casaes

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Aug 5, 2010, 11:31:06 AM8/5/10
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Interessante saber a direção que isso está tomando....

WASHINGTON — Google and Verizon, two leading players in Internet service and content, are nearing an agreement that could allow Verizon to speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if the content’s creators are willing to pay for the privilege.

The charges could be paid by companies, like YouTube, owned by Google, for example, to Verizon, one of the nation’s leading Internet service providers, to ensure that its content received priority as it made its way to consumers. The agreement could eventually lead to higher charges for Internet users.

Such an agreement could overthrow a once-sacred tenet of Internet policy known as net neutrality, in which no form of content is favored over another. In its place, consumers could soon see a new, tiered system, which, like cable television, imposes higher costs for premium levels of service.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/technology/05secret.html?_r=2&hp


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Fabricio C Zuardi

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Aug 5, 2010, 1:10:46 PM8/5/10
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Parece que desmentiram:
http://twitter.com/googlepubpolicy/status/20393606477

"@NYTimes is wrong. We've not had any convos with VZN about paying for
carriage of our traffic. We remain committed to an open internet."

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On 8/5/10 12:31 PM, Diego Casaes wrote:
> Interessante saber a dire��o que isso est� tomando....
>
> /WASHINGTON � Google and Verizon, two leading players in Internet


> service and content, are nearing an agreement that could allow Verizon
> to speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if the

> content�s creators are willing to pay for the privilege.


>
> The charges could be paid by companies, like YouTube, owned by Google,

> for example, to Verizon, one of the nation�s leading Internet service


> providers, to ensure that its content received priority as it made its
> way to consumers. The agreement could eventually lead to higher charges
> for Internet users.
>
> Such an agreement could overthrow a once-sacred tenet of Internet policy
> known as net neutrality, in which no form of content is favored over
> another. In its place, consumers could soon see a new, tiered system,
> which, like cable television, imposes higher costs for premium levels of

> service./
>
> Read
> more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/technology/05secret.html?_r=2&hp


> <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/technology/05secret.html?_r=2&hp>
>
>
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> Diego Casaes
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> http://blog.esfera.mobi/
>
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> http://globalvoicesonline.org/author/diego-casaes/
> Translation Editor at Global Voices in Portuguese:
> http://pt.globalvoicesonline.org/author/diegocasaes/
>
> Gtalk: diegocasaes | Skype: diegocasaes
> Follow me on Twitter: @casaesdiego
> For updates in Portuguese, follow @diegocasaes
>
>

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