The commission said it would also look into whether Google might have given its Web services "preferential placement" in search results.
For example, in an ongoing case concerning Google and search dominance brought by online mapping and travel companies, among others, Google has recently proposed a set of controls that it would put into place to make sure that it doesn't give its own services preferential placement above those of its competitors.
A further inducement to the premium traveler has been the Concorde service's preferential treatment of passengers that expedites them through customs, passport control and baggage checking, and offers them a traveling environment closer to that of a corporate jet, yet at supersonic speed.
And it didn't matter that attorney Arthur Krim, the head of United Artists and the Democratic Party treasurer, met with President Lyndon Johnson to secure a proposed military service arrangement preferential to Ali. "Ali wouldn't even have to put his uniform on," said Arum, who worked in Krim's firm.
Key informants asserted that ensuring that couples that come together for PMTCT of HIV services get preferential treatment, would promote MI in the service.
In fact, the Federal Trade Commission issued an alert last December warning consumers not to fall prey to services promising preferential treatment in the assignment of new domain names.
"In terms of limits and restrictions there are specific services whereby preferential treatment can be guaranteed in the Internet.
There is need to strengthen health services with a preferential focus on government services to assure affordable care for chronic conditions to urban poor.
Mr. Wheeler cited 911 calls or transmission of real-time medical information as examples of applications that broadband providers could subject to preferential service.
Ms. Weld, who is half-Urugauyan and half-Venezuelan, said that her Latin American friends are prone to think that a connection to the chief executive of any company immediately offers preferential service at the highest levels.
