You might think this latest turnaround in the net neutrality debate, one would have think that the folks at Google would have been overtly enthusiastic. But evn Google is very wary about the long term repercussion of a government imposed net neutrality policy. Asked about his view on the latest FCC ruling,Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt was less effusive and reading between the lines, it is easy for one to conclude that he is a bit wary of where things are heading for.
But in truth the simpest question which does not take any rocket science to answer is simply this: Should all applications have equal treatment on the internet? Except if someone wants to be real biased, i think the answer is a categorically NO.
Internet applications as someone rightly said are "
" Applications on the Web are hardly monolithic, with some exhibiting a greater tolerance for network characteristics like latency and jitter, not to mention the priority all agree should be afforded to transmissions from public-safety workers".