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This will benefit some corporations (Verizon, Comcast) and hurt others (Google, Facebook).
by nerfhammer 9y ago
This will benefit some corporations (Verizon, Comcast) and hurt others (Google, Facebook).
- zjaffee 9y agoI would assume that this would ultimately help google and facebook, they will be able to afford to pay for fast lanes while also making deals where their services are faster than new comers.
- nerfhammer 9y agoIt doesn't help them at all. Google and Facebook can afford to pay whatever their users are worth to them and the ISPs can demand every last cent of that. It's exactly analogous to the RIAA squeezing music startups dry: You absolutely have to pay them so why would they demand anything less than everything you make? So why should ISPs demand anything less than everything the internet companies make?
- gibybo 9y agoGoogle and Facebook are large and rich enough to replace the ISPs if they felt they needed to. They've both dabbled in this area and would surely turn it into a serious effort if their core business was threatened. They just haven't done it because it's still cheaper (for them) to let the existing ISPs do it. Comcast/Verizon/etc don't want to pick a fight with Google or Facebook. They want to pick fights they can easily win and gain extra money from: companies too small to pose a threat.