Send by timvalen

Google, which has long claimed to be an advocate of net neutrality, is negotiating with Verizon to sign a deal which will all but kill net neutrality. The result? Less Internet innovation and higher prices for anyone who pays for Internet access. Google should end its hypocrisy and back off on the deal now. [...]

Send by bhoffman

News.cnet.com - Lost in the hubbub of whether Google and Verizon are nearing a secret deal to tier the Internet is the truth that few will say out loud: Net neutrality is dead on wireless networks. #netneutrality [...]

Send by michaelboston80

Google?s deal with Verizon may not undermine net neutrality after all. Both companies maintain that there is no deal and that no money will be paid for faster transmission of data. This is probably true in a literal sense, though something is clearly happening between the companies. [...]

Send by redcolumbine

On Wednesday, the New York Times reported that Google and Verizon "are nearing an agreement that could speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if the content's creators are willing to pay for the privilege." Small independent businesses would be drowned out by paid advertisements net-wide, not just on selected sites. [...]

Send by longfeath

Article on Google's deal compared to Cable Companies deal with content providers. Describes what will happen if this deal is allowed by the FTC and what we can do as users of the internet to prevent such things from continuing. [...]

Send by pacanug

As expected, Google and Verizon have unveiled their own version of net neutrality enforcement for the consideration of Congress. It includes big exemptions for wireless broadband and "additional or differentiated services." What does that mean? Your guess is as good as ours. [...]

Send by quickdigger

Google & Verizon are reportedly on the cusp of an agreement that would do away with the long-held principle that all online content has equal priority. Google would agree not to launch a challenge were Verizon to institute a system offering preferential ? that is, speedier ? delivery "if the content's creators are willing to pay for the privilege. [...]

Send by Atomic1fire

The New York Times and other publications failed in their journalistic mission to tell the truth about the potential Google-Verizon deal. Here's what an agreement between the two could mean for net neutrality [...]

5 Aug 2010 But that is exactly what will happen if the Federal Communications Commission and Congress permit the Verizon-Google deal to become the [...]

30 Oct 2007 Google is pitching its vaunted Gphone to Verizon Wireless, but the odds are still against the search giant striking a major deal with the [...]

22 Aug 2008 Get Wired's take on technology business news and the Silicon Valley scene including IT, media, mobility, broadband, video, design, security, [...]

25 Aug 2008 With Google reportedly poised to strike a deal to become Verizon's default mobile search engine, many Verizon subscribers may be wondering [...]

Verizon Wireless and Google plan to co-develop several Android-based devices that will be pre-loaded with innovative applications from both parties as well [...]

5 Aug 2010 For years, Internet advocates have warned of the doomsday scenario that will play out on Monday: Google and Verizon will announce a deal [...]

9 Aug 2010 Just days after the FCC announced it was abandoning it efforts to reach a compromise on net neutrality, Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Verizon [...]

Send by news.yahoo.com

Everyone relax, Google and Verizon want you to know they're not out to destroy net neutrality, as previously reported. In fact, they've got a few suggestions on how not to ruin the future of the Internet. [...]

Send by Jenn Ettinger

Unless we want to see the Internet go the way of the Gulf of Mexico and AIG, our leaders in Washington need to reject the Google-Verizon deal and get back to making policies that truly protect Internet users and the open Internet.? [...]

Send by grizzlar

Google and Verizon are discussing a deal this week that could shift the balance of power over the Web, and end the sacred law of net neutrality that now governs the way content exists online. The New York Times reports that the deal [...]

Send by Nancy Scola

If Google and Verizon are working out deals in the hallways, it's because there's very little faith in telecom circles that the FCC has the chops to negotiate out an agreement that's sure to upset some people, and some people with [...]

The Verizon-Google Net neutrality deal is now public. In brief: neutrality for Plain Old Internet, transparency but not neutrality for wireless, and nothing for ?Additional Online Services? unless they ?threaten the availability? of POI. They?re pushing their plan as a legislative framework. I have [...]

Send by John M. Simpson

?The reported Google-Verizon deal would allow giant corporations to control what websites are load quickly and easily on the Internet and dump everyone else onto an Internet slow lane. ?We only have a few days to stop it, [...]

Send by By MIGUEL HELFT

Mr. Schmidt reiterates: ?This is not a deal. This is a joint policy announcement.? He says that Google and Verizon are committed to playing by these rules. (This is the relevant portion of the companies' announcement: ?Fifth, [...]

Send by Jenn Ettinger

"Google and Verizon can try all they want to disguise this deal as a reasonable path forward, but the simple fact is this framework, if embraced by Congress and the Federal Communications Commission, would transform the free and open [...]

No one but Google and Verizon may know exactly what the two companies are brokering behind closed doors to meet in the middle on network neutrality, but every Google watcher worth his weight in punditry is hazarding guesses. [...]

Send by David Moore

Please take a moment to read this urgent essay by Josh Silver, President of Free Press, called The End of the Internet as We Know It. Key excerpt: We have a congress that is nearly completely captured by industry. If you enjoy using the [...]