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Last night, Google crashed nearly 45 minutes on most services, including YouTube, Gmail, and Google Drive.
As a result, not only home users but also many global ones suffered inconvenience, and it became an opportunity to confirm that various Google services are deeply in the daily lives of many people. This is because not a few users had the experience of turning their smartphones into a “brick” that is as valuable as a KakaoTalk disorder when YouTube got stuck.
Google’s outage is drawing industry attention as another opportunity. This is because the so-called ‘Netflix Law’ (amendment to the Telecommunications Companies Law) is a good example to check whether a bill is effective even for foreign value-added telecommunications providers such as Google.
The Netflix Act targets value-added telecommunications operators with more than 1 million daily users and more than 1 million traffic each, and more than 1% of the total traffic volume in Korea for three months at the end of the previous year. The target is the large national and foreign content providers, such as Google, Facebook, Netflix, Naver and Kakao.
They must take technical measures to avoid excessive concentration of traffic or technical errors. In addition, it is necessary to ensure the stability of the server capacity and a smooth connection to the Internet, taking into account fluctuations in the volume of traffic. In addition, prior notification is required if any reason occurs that may have a significant impact on the stability of the service. In addition, you need to prepare your own guidelines for the provision of stable telecommunications services. If this is not followed properly, a fine of 20 million won or less may be imposed.
Given these obligations, there is nothing wrong with consumers. This is because companies have a greater responsibility and obligation to offer a stable service.
However, the complaints of national Internet companies about the Netflix Act are considerable. In a word, this is a statement that “because foreign companies will not do well, it is a reverse discrimination bill that only affects domestic companies.” It means that trying to catch Netflix and YouTube, which are at the center of the controversy over free rides on the net, will eventually lead to more roadblocks just for domestic companies. The purpose of the law is good, but it is the Netflix Act that has been criticized for producing only side effects rather than effectiveness.
Consequently, governments such as the Ministry of Science and Technology and Information and Communications have taken the position that “the concerns of national Internet companies are only dilemmas, misunderstandings. It has shown a strong determination to apply and follow the law equally to foreign companies.
On the 15th, the Ministry of Science and Technology asked Google to send data on the failure of Google’s service that occurred last night. This is the first time that the Netflix Law has been applied, which came into force on the 10th. The Ministry of Science and ICT plans to review (?) The necessary measures in accordance with the relevant laws after receiving data on the actions taken by Google to determine the cause of the Google service failure.
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Whether the concerns of national internet companies about the Netflix Act have been a reasonable view that reflects reality or are a mere dilemma, it is expected to be determined by the attitude of the Korean government on this failure of Google’s service and results.
Of course, even if a fine is imposed, it seems difficult to expect effectiveness from one to the other because Google, which is estimated to generate close to 6 trillion won in annual sales in the domestic app market alone, is only 0.0003%. of the fine of 20 million won.
