Verizon and Google Propose Rules of the Road for the Internet
19 August 2010
Google chief Eric Schmidt, left, and Lowell McAdam, president of Verizon Wireless announce a mobile phone partnership last year. The two companies have now cooperated on a proposal for Internet rules
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.
Last week, Verizon and Google proposed a plan they say could keep the Internet open while supporting investment in high-speed Internet service.
Verizon has the nation’s biggest wireless network while Google is the biggest Internet search engine. The proposal was a surprise because the two companies have been on opposite sides of the debate over net neutrality.
That is the idea that all content on the Web should be treated equally.
Internet service providers want to be able to charge more for heavy Internet traffic or users who want special services. The Federal Communications Commission regulates telephone, cable and satellite communications. But its power to regulate Internet service has been questioned in the courts.
The new proposal calls for rules barring service providers from preventing users from sending and receiving legal information of any kind. Users also could not be prevented from linking any application, service or device they choose to the Web.
And broadband Internet providers would be barred from discriminating against content and would have to be open about their policies.
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