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Let's get the story straight...

The issue that no one is bringing up is that the telco's and bandwidth providers are getting paid more than just twice. Let's remember that no matter how big google is, they do not HOST the content you are searching (gmail and a few of their other services not withstanding).

Remember that every piece of information on the internet is hosted on a server somewhere. Most of the time this is in a data center where the hosting company has to pay for their bandwidth connection. This can range from $8 per Mbps all the way up to $100's per Mbps depending on your commitment and company you are purchasing from. So in reality this is how the current system works...

Consumer pays ISP to access content. Google pays ISP to show search results of content. Hosting company pays ISP to deliver content. They're already getting paid by three entities to simply access content on a web server. Now as far as I know the hosting company and google only get paid once for their service. Why should the ISP or telco get paid three times to simply make one connection?

On top of that, most hosting companies and companies such as google must have multiple connections from multiple carriers just to be able to deliver an acceptable level of service to the consumer. This is due to outdated and oversold infrastructure on the part of the ISP, telco's or whatever you want to call them. An easy example of this is when a company like ATT has a router fail in a place like NYC. Suddenly there is no connectivity to many parts of the country. (There are many other issues related to the needing multiple carriers but that is for another discussion)

For the ISP's and telco's to say they need this bill so they can continue their "innovative" ways is complete bull. If they want to really make some money then stop spending it all on lobbyists and worry about building your own business.


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Um, add this: Google does cache, the ENTIRE Internet, for a day or more, into memory. So in theory, they do host it. They craw and cache every (permitted) server, site, image and page into memory. Do they do it efficiently? Do they use as little bandwidth in the process as possible? I doubt it.
They have to craw everyday, for page changes, updates, links, clicks, clickthrough, ... and also provide their advertisers with monthly information of traffic.

That word...traffic...is what the ISPs get. But when someone like Verizon, AT&T and other duopolies got wind of the profit Google was taking away from them, well what better way than to ruffle feathers about "reliability of them thar tubes!" "Yuck yuck, got a duck in mah sen-uh-tore's pocket". Tk Tk Tk. (I don't take anyone from Virginia, nor DC as credible)
They just sit and wait and when someone else comes up with a great service, they have to interfere and use the Gov't button.


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