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Sorin Adam Matei

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Google thinks some net bias is OK

In the net neutrality debate Google is ready to concede these rights to the opposition (cable industry):
# Prioritizing all applications of a certain general type, such as streaming video;
# Managing their networks to, for example, block certain traffic based on IP address in order to prevent harmful denial of service (DOS) attacks, viruses or worms;
# Employing certain upgrades, such as the use of local caching or private network backbone links;
# Providing managed IP services and proprietary content (like IPTV); and
# Charging consumers extra to receive higher speed or performance capacity broadband service.

And would reject these behaviors:

# Levying surcharges on content providers that are not their retail customers;
# Prioritizing data packet delivery based on the ownership or affiliation (the who) of the content, or the source or destination (the what) of the content; or
# Building a new “fast lane” online that consigns Internet content and applications to a relatively slow, bandwidth-starved portion of the broadband connection.

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