Comments on: Google prepping broadband-monitoring tools

Internet giant is reportedly developing a suite of tools to help broadband users identify traffic discrimination by their Internet service providers.

[Genjinaro]

I'm liking Google more and more, this is one of those moves you'd expect from heroes of the hacking world. Its just that this time around it has more of a sting, coming from the David-esc Goliath that is Google.

I'm liking Google more and more as a company, every time.

[fidelis007]

google has been innovative and also bridging gaps between technology and user..... glad to hear something like this.... now waiting for its implementation... i jus love to be a google user... Keep doin up. All d best...!!!

[aka_tripleB]

I like the idea, but I'm not giving Google unrestricted access to everything. Not with what goes on with MySpace. Once they know you're single, you get harrassed by dating services ads. It is frilling annoying and damn offensive. That program will never touch my computer.

[flickrz]

Use google tools so that it know everything about your online footprint. In the disguise of a tool to monitor ISP's they are supplying a tool that monitors you on the internet. No thanks Google. I am not that stupid to use your toolbars.

[benjaminstraight]

Who would have thought that Google would have expanded this much 7 years ago? I remember when their IPO opened at 117 a share and some analysts thought THAT was overpriced.

[ashimmy]

Either they throttle your bandwidth or charge you by how much you use, either way the ISPs are going to have their way. We will look back at the past years as internet access at 50 cents a gallon versus 4 dollars in the future. I have written more about it on my blog here

[myxamor]

haha wow .. google turned into a badboy.. and how? like a spy - pretending to be the angel looking out for your safety and personal interest... thats just nasty

[John F. Doran]

All this hyper-paranoid 'google is evil' is just lame. Sorry but before posting why not take time to learn the facts first instead of showing your ignorance. I happened upon this post by accident and can't be more thrilled than to see a giant corp. like google stand up for the consumer. The ISP's are all gearing up to rake us (the people who subscribe to their services and pay extra for larger bandwidth) over th coals and screw us left and right thinkign we have no allies and no way to fight back. I applaud Google for reckognizing this and taking a stand. Comcast, ATT, Time Warner, they are all already implementing (while denying it) ways to screw with our bandwidth, knock us offline for using too much of their 'network' etc. They get us to pay extra for larger bandwidth then they penalize us for doing so, or worse, insuring that we can not use it (even though its paid for). It's totally unfair and we are left on 'hold' as they laugh about it when we call to complain. This announcement from Google is the first positive ray of hope for the consumer...

The tools google is talking about is not their 'search toolbar' you can download for yoru browser its something seperate... READ, LEARN, UNDERSTAND .. and THEN post!

[benjaminstraight]

Google is putting power back in the hands of the consumer. Good job.