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[ PRIVACY Forum ] NYTimes Sources: Google reversing on Net Neutrality
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NYTimes Sources: Google reversing on Net Neutrality in possible
private deal with Verizon
http://www.nnsquad.org/archives/nnsquad/msg03988.html
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http://bit.ly/b8cjYC (New York Times)
...
The agreement could eventually lead to higher charges for Internet
users.
Such an agreement could overthrow a once-sacred tenet of Internet
policy known as net neutrality, in which no form of content is favored
over another. In its place, consumers could soon see a new, tiered
system, which, like cable television, imposes higher costs for premium
levels of service.
Any agreement between Verizon and Google could also upend the efforts
of the Federal Communications Commission to assert its authority over
broadband service, which was severely restricted by a federal appeals
court decision in April.
...
If completed, Google, whose Android operating system powers many
Verizon wireless phones, would agree not to challenge Verizon's
ability to manage its broadband Internet network as it pleased.
...
The prospect of a Google-Verizon agreement infuriates many consumer
advocates, who feel that it would concentrate in a few corporations
control of what to date has been a free and open Internet system in
which consumers decide which companies are successful.
...
--Lauren--
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