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AT&T joins Microsoft in opposing Google/Doubleclick

By Microsoft Subnet on Thu, 09/27/07 - 6:31pm.

If you are a recovering monopoly, then you must join others of your breed and oppose the Google/Doubleclick merger -- after all you know an antitrust violation when you see one.

Microsoft's interest in opposing this deal is self evident. Why AT&T has joined with Microsoft is harder to figure out. Here's an interesting blog post from Dana Cimillucathe at Wall Street Journal that has some interesting insight:

But AT&T is simply a neutral observer, looking make sure that as its supplier of ads, Google isn’t in a position to unfairly raise prices, right? Not so fast. As this Wall Street Journal article today points out, AT&T and Google themselves have been bickering lately, about net neutrality, the principle that all Internet sites should be equally accessible to any Web user.

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Julie BortJulie Bort is the editor of Microsoft Subnet and Network World's Online Community Editor. She also writes the Open Source Subnet blog and is the editor responsible for the Cisco Subnet and Open Source Subnet web sites. If you have an idea for a blog, or a news tip on Microsoft, Cisco or Open Source technologies, contact her at jbort@nww.com, 970-482-6454 or follow Julie on Twitter @Julie188.

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