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Google, Verizon Propose 2-Tiered Internet

08/10/2010 10:32 am 1 comment

Source: Eliot Van Buskirk / Wired.com

Google and Verizon announced a joint proposal on Monday that would allow ISPs to offer premium content bundles over an unspecified global network — an unexpected gambit that would seem to call for separate and unequal internets.

The two companies say the guidelines would ensure that no internet traffic of any kind is prioritized over any other kind (with the exception of viruses, spam and the like).

“There should be a new, enforceable prohibition against discriminatory practices,” reads part of their proposal, posted on both Verizon’s and Google’s websites. “For the first time, wireline broadband providers would not be able to discriminate against or prioritize lawful internet content, applications or services in a way that causes harm to users or competition.”

“Our proposal also includes safeguards to ensure that such online services must be distinguishable from traditional broadband Internet access services and are not designed to circumvent the rules,” it continues. “The FCC would also monitor the development of these services to make sure they don’t interfere with the continued development of internet access services.”

The Google/Verizon blueprint would grant content companies looking to deliver services that require too much bandwidth for the “regular” internet to do so in return for payment, via a second set of pipes.

To read this article in its entirety visit Wired.com.

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I tend to see the positive side in these excerpts from the proposal offered via Verizon and Google. The noxious debate that has ensued around the issue of net neutrality would have never made a meaningful step forward without this collaboration. If the FCC, Congress and the businesses responsible for providing internet service and content can work together to enforce these proposals we may be able to enjoy an open internet that is accessible by all people in this country.

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