If they're simply doing what Akamai is, then they're not degrading my service, which is fine by me. If a user is getting the same quality they get from everyone who is not through a major CDN when they use my site, that's fine. I can still win.
It's the slippery-slope, or the "next step," that investor will want G to take that concerns me. I stumbled upon this: http://savetheinternet.com/=faq --a pretty good summary-- since my first post above. It is certainly something to keep our eyes on. Something the recent economic turn-of-events has convinced me of is that without oversight, investors can pressure companies, even benevolent companies, to do evil. It's our job as citizens to put safeguards in place to keep them from the opportunity to do so.
