[85319] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Regulatory intervention
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert E.Seastrom)
Fri Oct 7 13:09:52 2005
To: Daniel Golding <dgolding@burtongroup.com>
Cc: Ross Hosman <rosshosman@yahoo.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
From: Robert E.Seastrom <rs@seastrom.com>
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:09:22 -0400
In-Reply-To: <BF6C1FD7.11B2D%dgolding@burtongroup.com> (Daniel Golding's
message of "Fri, 07 Oct 2005 12:51:35 -0400")
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Daniel Golding <dgolding@burtongroup.com> writes:
> On 10/7/05 11:02 AM, "Ross Hosman" <rosshosman@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Google Goes to Washington
>>
>> One of the issues Google will tackle has become news
>> this week: Level 3 and Cogent Communications are
>> involved in a spat that has made Web sites on each
>> network inaccessible or very slow to users on the
>> opposite network. Google said the government has a
>> responsibility to monitor the Internet so events like
>> this do not occur.
>>
>> http://www.betanews.com/article/Google_Goes_to_Washington/1128691070
>>
>
> Google also has a responsibility not to bite the hand that feeds it - the
> laise faire, unregulated Internet.
>
> Shame on them. Google is not suffering at all from this.
"Don't be evil" surrenders. Film at 11.
---Rob
