Google Verizon in “Net neutrality”
Today,Google and Verizon unveiled a joint policy proposal for an open Internet standard. The Google Verizon has seven-part proposal in which the government would enforce a kind of Internet bill of rights of wireline broadband consumers — would give the Federal Communications Commission authority to regulate wired broadband Internet providers to ensure consumers have access to all legal content and applications on the Internet. The Google and Verizon propose that the FCC would be able to respond to complaints with a penalty of up to $2 million. Google has long been a staunch advocate of Net neutrality legislation, arguing that innovative sites like YouTube, Facebook and other “two people in a garage” projects are dependent on an open Internet.