By: Gerrit Eicker

Gerrit Eicker — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:38:32 +0000

RWW: "These tools, of course, are not new (Google is just hosting them for the researchers), but it is interesting that Google is putting its weight behind these efforts through the Measurement Lab. In the announcement, Google doesn't directly take sides on the net neutrality issue, but instead, the announcement refers to the importance of keeping Internet users 'well-informed about what they're getting when they sign up for broadband.' It is also interesting to note that the announcement on the Google Blog was coauthored by Vint Cerf, the 'father of the Internet' and Google's Chief Internet Evangelist, which puts even more weight behind the importance of this initiative for Google and the message the company wants to send by supporting this project. - For the first time in three years, net neutrality will once again be discussed by the U.S. House of Representatives today, so it seems safe to assume that this announcement was timed to coincide with this."

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By: Gerrit Eicker