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Google-Verizon Pact: It Gets Worse
Google and Verizon have gone public with their "policy framework" -- better known as the pact to end the Internet as we know it. Cut through the platitudes the two companies have offered and you'll find this deal is even worse than advertised. The proposal is one massive loophole that sets the stage for the corporate takeover of the Internet.
Craig Aaron, Huffington Post

Google-Verizon NN Pact Riddled with Gaping Loopholes
The Google-Verizon manifesto claims to preserve "transparency" on the Internet, but the only really transparent thing about the plan is that it is packed with so many loopholes, a deep packet inspection powered P2P blocker the size of an M1 Abrams tank could roll through it without disturbing a telco executive's nap.
Matthew Lasar, Ars Technica

Web Plan from Google and Verizon Is Criticized
Google and Verizon introduced a proposal for how Internet service should be regulated -- and were immediately criticized by groups that favor keeping the network as open as possible.
Claire Cain Miller and Miguel Helft, New York Times

Who Gets Priority on the Web?
Can or should government enforce Net Neutrality in a Web 3.0 world where more content is accessed through mobile devices like the iPad? How would a two-tiered system change content creation, innovation or access to the Web? Are fears of allowing big players like Google to pay for speed overblown?
New York Times

Here's the Real Google-Verizon Story: A Tale of Two Internets
Google and Verizon announced a joint proposal 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.
Eliot Van Buskirk, Wired

Google-Verizon Plan: Why You Should Worry
So Google and Verizon had not, in fact, cooked up a special business deal for their mutual benefit. But what they have cooked up may be no great deal for you and me: the idea of a parallel network that could, in the long run, become the default network -- at the very least for entertainment and truly advanced services.
Dan Gillmor, Salon

Keep the Internet Open, Accessible, Creative
The White House, Congress and the FCC need to push back against efforts by Verizon, Google and other Internet service providers to discriminate against online content by rates and fees.
Seattle Times

Tech Companies, Google Sold You Out
The compromise between Verizon -- one of the nation's largest ISPs -- and Google on Network Neutrality is a big story, not necessarily because it's going to change the policy discussion much, but because it marks Google selling out the tech and startup community so it can advance its own economic interests.
Stacey Higginbotham, GigaOM

Bloggers Hate Google and Verizon's Net Neutrality Proposal
Google and Verizon have come clean with their suggestions on how the nation's broadband should be regulated. In their proposals to the FCC, they seek to "protect the future openness of the Internet and encourage the rapid deployment of broadband." However, bloggers can't find a single good word to say about it.
Richi Jennings, Computerworld

Google, Verizon: Limit Net Neutrality for Wireless Internet
Google and Verizon want to limit Net Neutrality regulations for wireless Internet services in a joint proposal that has riled open Internet advocates.
Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week