| ... The ISPs have to be hating this. In my opinion it is a good idea and I'm glad a company like Google is behind it
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kudos:5 | said by Billa9b0ng:The ISPs have to be hating this. That was my first impression, but the reality is that they're broadband consumers as well -- of backbone companies -- any of which could be cheating them in secret.
This will help keep everyone honest. ISPs, in fact, ought to donate equipment/money/bandwidth/rackspace for their own nodes.
This is very, very, very good for the net.
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kudos:2 | Robb, why do you feel that this is "very, very, very good" for the net? Don't get me wrong, I don't see it as bad, I just don't see any huge benefit. |
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kudos:5 | said by openbox9:Robb, why do you feel that this is "very, very, very good" for the net? Don't get me wrong, I don't see it as bad, I just don't see any huge benefit. Because it sheds light where it is very difficult to see, and encourages honest businesses to stay honest.
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kudos:2 | Maybe I'm just a pessimist, but I see the ISPs burying language deeper into the ToS and AUP as the average consumer gets smarter about what s/he thinks they're paying for. Oh well, time will tell. |
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said by Billa9b0ng:The ISPs have to be hating this. I wonder what their reaction to it will be. I doubt they'll claim it's proprietary information being released to the public (since too many people would laugh out loud). My guess is that they'll develop their own, competing measurement "tools" which will show provider-friendly results. Probably consisting of an animated .gif.
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| said by fatness:I wonder what their reaction to it will be. I doubt they'll claim it's proprietary information being released to the public (since too many people would laugh out loud). My guess is that they'll develop their own, competing measurement "tools" which will show provider-friendly results. Probably consisting of an animated .gif. I would think it is very similar to speedtests, customer polls, etc. Although people can come up with negative speculation on how they think IPSs would react, but that is what it is. |
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