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AGoogle Fiber spokesman recently said the high-speed fiber-optic service won't charge Netflix and others to prioritize their content "or otherwise discriminate among Internettraffic," saying the service is instead inviting content providers to "hook up their networks directly to ours."
This peering arrangement allows Google Fiber's network to minimize buffering of video content, according to Jeffrey Burgan, director of network engineering for Fiber.
"Like other I nternet providers, Goog le Fi ber provides the 'last-mile' Internet connection to your home," he wrote in a...