Supporters of net neutrality criticized the proposal for not including wireless providers. Wireless broadband is among the fastest growing parts of the Internet.

Others oppose the creation of a “two-tiered” system on the Internet in which some content gets a fast lane and other content goes slowly.But Daniel Brenner says such a system already exists.

DANIEL BRENNER: “In some ways there are two tiers today. In other words, there’s the public Internet which we all use for Web surfing, e-mail and sometimes for voice. And then there are managed networks.”

Daniel Brenner is a partner at the law firm Hogan Lovells in Washington. He says service providers want to be able to charge more because they build networks out to their customers across the country. Such companies are the so-called “last mile” providers.

But, the Internet is really a network of networks which exchange traffic all the time and compete with each other. And not all networks reach the last mile to a customer’s door.

Paul Kouroupas of Global Crossing says his company wants to make sure agreements between service providers are honored on all networks. That way, a service promised by Global Crossing on its fiber optic network will be extended all the way to a customer’s door — even if another company carries the service that last mile.

The Verizon-Google proposal offers suggestions for a debate that is not likely to end soon. Daniel Brenner says the FCC needs clearer guidelines from Congress. And that’s the VOA Special English Economics Report, written by Mario Ritter. I’m Steve Ember.