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Ironically, this offering is precisely the argument against network neutrality -- different customers need different QoS guarantees.


Not at all. Offering different bandwidths for different prices has nothing to do with net neutrality. Net neutrality is the principle of not discriminating traffic based on destination or content by blocking or throttling.


> not discriminating traffic based on destination or content by blocking or throttling

This assumes all traffic is of the same kind, such as web traffic. For other protocols or use-cases, things like latency have a big impact on the content.


OK. But that doesn't have anything to do with Google offering different networks at different rates.


Well, customers who demand the higher tier service do so because their content requires it.


And Comcast Business charges more than regular internet, that's not a NN violation either. Charging more for more bandwidth is what ISPs do all the time, that doesn't have anything to do with net neutrality. Net neutrality has to do with packet discrimination: blocking or throttling traffic based on its content or destination. Google here does neither.


> Net neutrality has to do with packet discrimination: blocking or throttling traffic based on its content or destination

So do you think that QoS to prioritize voip traffic violates network neutrality?


That has nothing to do with this article or your claim that Google is violating net neutrality by offering different networks for different prices.




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