Google and Verizon unveil web plan

From the FINANCIAL TIMES:

Google and Verizon  walked into a barrage of opposition from public interest groups in Washington on Monday as they formally announced a joint proposal for how traffic on the internet should be regulated…

The greater freedoms proposed by Google and Verizon drew condemnation from public interest groups that have supported the Obama administration’s push for net neutrality.

Free Press claimed the plan would “divide the information superhighway, creating new private fast lanes for the big players while leaving the little guy stranded on a winding dirt road.” The Center for Democracy and Technology said that while it supported the rules that would prevent discrimination, the extra freedoms the groups were proposing would undermine the plan’s value…

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