Comments on: Google’s OpenEdge Could Dramatically Reduce Google’s Impact on the Internet’s Core

By: Hey, Remember 2008′s Neutrality Debate?

Hey, Remember 2008′s Neutrality Debate? — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:32:07 +0000

[...] Google’s OpenEdge Could Dramatically Reduce Google’s Impact on the Internet’s Core [...]

By: Mr Landlord

Mr Landlord — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:26:23 +0000

Time will tell I suppose, but generally Google follows the principle of "do no evil". For the most part they are right on target with that. As with all Google products, and other products, I'm sure OpenEdge will have it's challenges and critics, but if it delivers content faster using less overall bandwidth, it's going to be a good thing. I just can't wait for it to mature so our companies can lease space on those caches. It wouldn't take much to be better than Akamai.

By: TPW 38: The Google Kerfuffle — Edge Caching & Net Neutrality - The Technology Liberation Front

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:48:36 +0000

[...] times this week. Cord Blomquist of the Competitive Enterprise Institute wrote about the issue here and here, and Bret Swanson of the Progress & Freedom Foundation wrote about it here and here. [...]

By: Mr Landlord

Mr Landlord — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:26:23 +0000

By: Mr Landlord

Mr Landlord — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:26:23 +0000

By: cordblomquist

cordblomquist — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:46:07 +0000

Seems like we have another benefit of OpenEdge for small businesses. More good news.

By: Charbax

Charbax — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:40:07 +0000

Yup, and I believe Google has already said they plan to resell capacity on those cache servers, since Google will soon enable pricing for storage and bandwidth used for transfering of small and large files on Google App Engine. Thus Google provides that service as a cloud service, but they certainly will be using the cache servers to not only speed ping times but to save on bandwidth costs for the popular stuff. Those savings will probably be reflected in the storage and bandwidth pricing of Google App Engine.

By: cordblomquist

cordblomquist — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:32:16 +0000

Google could offer this service if it wanted to get into that business, but like the Google Policy Blog pointed out, this service is offered by many other companies already such as Akamai, Limelight, and Amazon's Cloudfront.

I'm not sure, but Google seems to be the first company doing this sort of thing entirely in-house, rather than contracting to one of these other services.

But you're right Charbox, cache storage prices are high, but cheaper than added bandwidth in many cases. It's up to individual companies to decide what will work better for their applications and thankfully options are already available.

By: Charbax

Charbax — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:25:50 +0000

How about Google providing caching for small companies through them using Google App Engine APIs. Pricing for cache servers is higher for storage but much lower for bandwidth the more bandwidth you use. While pricing on normal un-cached servers is lower for storage and higher for bandwidth used.