Comments on: Beware of Cable Guys Making Promises http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2008/07/14/beware-of-cable-guys-making-promises/ Tracking the battle over Network Neutrality Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:26:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: RichardBennett http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2008/07/14/beware-of-cable-guys-making-promises/#comment-122715 RichardBennett Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:35:59 +0000 http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2008/07/14/beware-of-cable-guys-making-promises/#comment-122715 A company has a nature, indeed. Lessig should have said "all companies have the same nature." Google has the same nature as Comcast. Yahoo has the same nature as Verizon. Microsoft has the same nature as EBay. So why is it that Save the Internet whips up on the carriers, no one of which as more than 20% of the connectivity market, and gives Google a free pass? With the pending Yahoo deal, Google will achieve market share for search and search ads well over 80%. If somebody wanted to save the Internet from its gatekeeper, there is no better place to start than by opposing the Google-Yahoo search deal. A company has a nature, indeed. Lessig should have said “all companies have the same nature.” Google has the same nature as Comcast. Yahoo has the same nature as Verizon. Microsoft has the same nature as EBay.

So why is it that Save the Internet whips up on the carriers, no one of which as more than 20% of the connectivity market, and gives Google a free pass? With the pending Yahoo deal, Google will achieve market share for search and search ads well over 80%.

If somebody wanted to save the Internet from its gatekeeper, there is no better place to start than by opposing the Google-Yahoo search deal.

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