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Re: [nexa] NY Times: "Google and Verizon in Talks on Web Priority"

by Stefano Quintarelli

"could could could" could anche be che mettono dei file sulla Content delivery network di verizon, per "speed up" la delivery dei contnuti. Btw, apple lo fa da sempre ed e' la ragione di esistenza di akamai e colleghi... Questa storia degli accordi preferenziali di google e' un po' come il D'alia, periodicamente riemerge... La differenziazione di performance sull'accesso si fa da sempre. .NET vendeva una SLIP/PPP a 2,4MLit contro le 240KL di TI o il gratis di VOL. noi avevamo un overbooking 1:5, TI lo aveva 1:30, VoL >1:100.. (da noi c'era anche il tecnico di supporto di riferimento che rispondeva in 3 squilli). Quando siemo entrati nel residenziale abbiamo differenziato qualita' di servizio con una offerta massimo 1:30 e call center ben dimensionato. Il brand era diverso, pur dicendo che era di I.NET e l'infrastruttura era la stessa. tutti i principali content provider italiani vrnivano da I.NET in housing perche' avevamo le performance migliori e due clienti che avevano l'housing a 256Kbps su porta dedicata (c'era anche un livello di servizio non garantito su lan condivisa) andavano entrambi esattamente uguale ed esattamente la meta' di chi aveva un 512k. IMHO la violazione della Net Neutrality si ha quando, tra due utenti che hanno lo stesso abbonamento, uno ha prestazioni maggiori dell'altro accedendo a dei server con la stessa connessione, e cio' accade vuoi peril contenuto dei pacchetti, vuoi per diverso accordi contrattuali, vuoi per privilegiare un servzizio dell'operatore stesso, vuoi per favorire un terzo rispetto ad altro terzo. E questo ha a che fare con l'antitrust poi c'e il tema dell'intercettazone dei pacchetti a fini diversi, non richiesti dall'utente (tipo profiling del traffico) e questo ha a che fare con la privacy. In sintesi... penso sia meglio aspettare che ci siano meno could, perche maybe (likely) could be una bolla di sapone... Ciao, s. ___ www.reeplay.it www.eximia.it ..... Original Message ....... On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 16:58:40 +0200 "Andrea Glorioso" <andrea(a)digitalpolicy.it> wrote: >Policy by leaks? > >On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 8:12 AM, J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin(a)polito.it> wrote: >> Questa mi sembra una notizia, se confermata, di quelle importanti. >> >> jc >> >> August 4, 2010 >> >> Google and Verizon in Talks on Web Priority >> >> By EDWARD WYATT >> >> WASHINGTON — Google and Verizon, two leading players in Internet service and >> content, are nearing an agreement that could allow Verizon to speed some >> online content to Internet users more quickly if the content’s creators are >> willing to pay for the privilege. >> >> The charges could be paid by companies, like YouTube, owned by Google, for >> example, to Verizon, one of the nation’s leading Internet service providers, >> to ensure that its content received priority as it made its way to >> consumers. The agreement could eventually lead to higher charges for >> Internet users. >> >> Such an agreement could overthrow a once-sacred tenet of Internet policy >> known as net neutrality, in which no form of content is favored over >> another. In its place, consumers could soon see a new, tiered system, which, >> like cable television, imposes higher costs for premium levels of service. >> >> Any agreement between Verizon and Google could also upend the efforts of the >> Federal Communications Commission to assert its authority over broadband >> service, which was severely restricted by a federal appeals court decision >> in April. >> >> People close to the negotiations who were not authorized to speak publicly >> about them said an agreement could be reached as soon as next week. If >> completed, Google, whose Android operating system powers many Verizon >> wireless phones, would agree not to challenge Verizon’s ability to manage >> its broadband Internet network as it pleased. >> >> [...] >> >> Continua qui: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/technology/05secret.html >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nexa mailing list >> nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it >> https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa >> >> >_______________________________________________ >nexa mailing list >nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it >https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa

Aug. 5, 2010

Re: [nexa] NY Times: "Google and Verizon in Talks on Web Priority"

by Andrea Glorioso

Policy by leaks? On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 8:12 AM, J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin(a)polito.it> wrote: > Questa mi sembra una notizia, se confermata, di quelle importanti. > > jc > > August 4, 2010 > > Google and Verizon in Talks on Web Priority > > By EDWARD WYATT > > WASHINGTON — Google and Verizon, two leading players in Internet service and > content, are nearing an agreement that could allow Verizon to speed some > online content to Internet users more quickly if the content’s creators are > willing to pay for the privilege. > > The charges could be paid by companies, like YouTube, owned by Google, for > example, to Verizon, one of the nation’s leading Internet service providers, > to ensure that its content received priority as it made its way to > consumers. The agreement could eventually lead to higher charges for > Internet users. > > Such an agreement could overthrow a once-sacred tenet of Internet policy > known as net neutrality, in which no form of content is favored over > another. In its place, consumers could soon see a new, tiered system, which, > like cable television, imposes higher costs for premium levels of service. > > Any agreement between Verizon and Google could also upend the efforts of the > Federal Communications Commission to assert its authority over broadband > service, which was severely restricted by a federal appeals court decision > in April. > > People close to the negotiations who were not authorized to speak publicly > about them said an agreement could be reached as soon as next week. If > completed, Google, whose Android operating system powers many Verizon > wireless phones, would agree not to challenge Verizon’s ability to manage > its broadband Internet network as it pleased. > > [...] > > Continua qui: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/technology/05secret.html > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > >

Aug. 5, 2010

TR: "Dissent Made Safer"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Non nuovo, scusate, ma me l'ero perso. Rilevante anche per lo studio di Silvia Bisi (NEXA Fellow) sull'anonimato online. jc TECHNOLOGY REVIEW May/June 2009 *Dissent Made Safer* *How anonymity technology could save free speech on the Internet.* By David Talbot "Sokwanele" means "enough is enough" in a certain Bantu dialect. It is also the name of a Zimbabwean pro-democracy website whose bloggers last year published accounts of atrocities by Robert Mugabe's regime and posted Election Day updates describing voter intimidation and apparent ballot stuffing. You can visit Sokwanele's "terror album" and see photographs: of a hospitalized 70-year-old woman who'd been beaten and thrown on her cooking fire (she later died, the site says); of firebombed homes; of people with deep wounds carved into their backs. You can find detailed, frequently updated maps describing regional violence and other incidents. You will be confronted with gruesome news, starkly captioned: "Joshua Bakacheza's Body Found." Because this horrific content is so readily available, it is easy to overlook the courage it took to produce it. The anonymous photographers and polling-station bloggers who uploaded the Sokwanele material remain very much in danger. In a place like Zimbabwe, where saying the wrong thing can get you killed or thrown in prison on treason charges, you take precautions: you're careful about whom you talk to; you're discreet when you enter a clinic to take pictures. And when you get to the point of putting your information on the Internet, you need protection from the possibility that your computer's digital address will be traced back to you. Maybe, at that point, you use Tor. [...] Continua qui: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22427/?a=f

Aug. 5, 2010

Re: [nexa] NY Times: "Google and Verizon in Talks on Web Priority"

by Marco Pancini

Ciao a Tutti, In questo post potete trovare maggiori informazioni: http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2009/10/finding-common-ground-on-ope… Questa è anche la dichiarazione di Eric Schmidt sull'argomento: "The New York Times is quite simply wrong. We have not had any conversations with Verizon about paying for carriage of Google traffic. We remain as committed as we always have been to an open Internet." A presto. marco On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 8:12 AM, J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin(a)polito.it> wrote: > Questa mi sembra una notizia, se confermata, di quelle importanti. > > jc > > August 4, 2010 > Google and Verizon in Talks on Web Priority By EDWARD WYATT<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/w/edward_wyatt/i…> > > WASHINGTON — Google<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/google_inc/index.html…>and > Verizon<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/verizon_communication…>, > two leading players in Internet service and content, are nearing an > agreement that could allow Verizon to speed some online content to Internet > users more quickly if the content’s creators are willing to pay for the > privilege. > > The charges could be paid by companies, like YouTube<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/youtube/index.html?in…>, > owned by Google, for example, to Verizon, one of the nation’s leading > Internet service providers, to ensure that its content received priority as > it made its way to consumers. The agreement could eventually lead to higher > charges for Internet users. > > Such an agreement could overthrow a once-sacred tenet of Internet policy > known as net neutrality<http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/n/net_neutr…>, > in which no form of content is favored over another. In its place, consumers > could soon see a new, tiered system, which, like cable television, imposes > higher costs for premium levels of service. > > Any agreement between Verizon and Google could also upend the efforts of > the Federal Communications Commission<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/f/federal…>to assert its authority over broadband service, which was severely > restricted by a federal appeals court decision in April. > > People close to the negotiations who were not authorized to speak publicly > about them said an agreement could be reached as soon as next week. If > completed, Google, whose Android operating system powers many Verizon > wireless phones, would agree not to challenge Verizon’s ability to manage > its broadband Internet network as it pleased. > [...] > > Continua qui: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/technology/05secret.html > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > > -- Marco Pancini European Senior Policy Counsel Google Italy Corso Europa, 2 20122 Milano, Italia Tel. +39 02 36618524 Cell. +39.348.9946222 pancini(a)google.com Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/googlepolicyit This email may be confidential or privileged. If you received this communication by mistake, please don't forward it to anyone else, please erase all copies and attachments, and please let me know that it went to the wrong person. Thanks.

Aug. 5, 2010

NY Times: "Google Will Sell Brand Names as Keywords in Europe"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

August 4, 2010 Google Will Sell Brand Names as Keywords in Europe By MATTHEW SALTMARSH <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/matthew_saltma…> PARIS --- The Internet giant Google <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/google_inc/index.html…> said on Wednesday that it would change its search policy for most of Europe to allow advertisers to buy and use as keywords terms that have been trademarked by others. Previously, brand owners could file a trademark complaint with Google to prevent third-party ads from being returned alongside the results of a search of a trademarked name, like Louis Vuitton or Prada. The decision will be effective Sept. 14 and extends to the rest of Europe changes that were made in Britain and Ireland in 2008. In the United States and Canada, Google has been using the policy since 2004. Google's move stems from a decision by the European Court of Justice <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/e/europea…> in March. The court broadly ruled that Google had respected trademark law by allowing advertisers to bid for keywords corresponding to third-party trademarks. [...] Continua qui: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/technology/05google.html

Aug. 5, 2010

NY Times: "Google and Verizon in Talks on Web Priority"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Questa mi sembra una notizia, se confermata, di quelle importanti. jc August 4, 2010 Google and Verizon in Talks on Web Priority By EDWARD WYATT <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/w/edward_wyatt/i…> WASHINGTON --- Google <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/google_inc/index.html…> and Verizon <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/verizon_communication…>, two leading players in Internet service and content, are nearing an agreement that could allow Verizon to speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if the content's creators are willing to pay for the privilege. The charges could be paid by companies, like YouTube <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/youtube/index.html?in…>, owned by Google, for example, to Verizon, one of the nation's leading Internet service providers, to ensure that its content received priority as it made its way to consumers. The agreement could eventually lead to higher charges for Internet users. Such an agreement could overthrow a once-sacred tenet of Internet policy known as net neutrality <http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/n/net_neutr…>, in which no form of content is favored over another. In its place, consumers could soon see a new, tiered system, which, like cable television, imposes higher costs for premium levels of service. Any agreement between Verizon and Google could also upend the efforts of the Federal Communications Commission <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/f/federal…> to assert its authority over broadband service, which was severely restricted by a federal appeals court decision in April. People close to the negotiations who were not authorized to speak publicly about them said an agreement could be reached as soon as next week. If completed, Google, whose Android operating system powers many Verizon wireless phones, would agree not to challenge Verizon's ability to manage its broadband Internet network as it pleased. [...] Continua qui: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/technology/05secret.html

Aug. 5, 2010

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by Marco Berte

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Aug. 3, 2010

Salon: "Why I like vicious, anonymous online comments"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

*Salon.com *Tuesday, Aug 3, 2010 09:01 ET Why I like vicious, anonymous online comments As news outlets push back against trolls, we may be losing something: A glimpse of the real America By Matt Zoller Seitz Three months ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a couple who'd had trouble conceiving a child finally succeeded, and announced the impending arrival of twins with a cleverly edited and utterly harmless YouTube video <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snp3rHDHwPg> that turned the final attack on the Death Star in "Star Wars, Episode IV" into a cheesy metaphor for conception. ("Torpedoes away!") Most of the comments were of the expected variety: generic congratulations and cornball "Star Wars" jokes. Then there were the others. "'Thanks for the fuck, should do it again sometime,' should be the ending to this dumb video," wrote one commenter. "Holy fuck was this gay," wrote another. "This is fucking stupid," wrote another. "OH YOU ARE HAVING BABIES? YOU MEAN YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT BILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT HISTORY? Big fucking deal. I fucking hate kids." The protective force field of anonymity -- or pseudonymity -- brings out the worst in some people. They say things they would never say in the presence of flesh-and-blood human beings. [...] Continua qui: http://www.salon.com/life/internet_culture/index.html?story=/mwt/feature/20…

Aug. 3, 2010

Reverse engineering Europe's PSI re-use rules

by Cristiana Sappa

Dear All, This is to inform you that Marc de Vries, team member of EVPSI research project and involved in LAPSI thematic network, has published "Reverse engineering Europe's PSI re-use rules - towards an integrated conceptual framework for PSI re-use", which is an in depth and analytical consideration of the factors constituting legal environment impacting on European PSI re-use and the interconnection of these factors, thus providing a conceptual framework that will allow for enhanced understanding of this complex legal labyrinth. The article is available on both LAPSI and EVPSI websites (see links here below): https://www.lapsi-project.eu/lapsifiles/Reverse_engineering_PSI_re-use_regu… http://www.evpsi.org/evpsifiles/Reverse_engineering_PSI_re-use_regulatory_f… Kind Regards, Cristiana

Aug. 3, 2010

Re: [nexa] NY Times: "So-Called 'Digital Natives' Not Media Savvy, New Study Shows"

by Mariella Berra

Segnalo due inchieste sulluso di Internet in Italia http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2010/07/29/quasi-24-milioni-gli-italiani-su… Saluti mb ----- Original Message ----- From: J.C. DE MARTIN To: nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 5:36 PM Subject: [nexa] NY Times: "So-Called 'Digital Natives' Not Media Savvy, New Study Shows" July 29, 2010 So-Called 'Digital Natives' Not Media Savvy, New Study Shows By SARAH PEREZ of ReadWriteWeb "In Google we trust." That may very well be the motto of today's young online users, a demographic group often dubbed the "digital natives" due their apparent tech-savvy. Having been born into a world where personal computers were not a revolution, but merely existed alongside air conditioning, microwaves and other appliances, there has been (a perhaps misguided) perception that the young are more digitally in-tune with the ways of the Web than others. That may not be true, as it turns out. A new study coming out of Northwestern University, discovered that college students have a decided lack of Web savvy, especially when it comes to search engines and the ability to determine the credibility of search results. Apparently, the students favor search engine rankings above all other factors. The only thing that matters is that something is the top search result, not that it's legit. [...] Continua qui: http://www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2010/07/29/29readwriteweb-so-c… ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ nexa mailing list nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa

Aug. 1, 2010