Saturday, January 22, 2011

Why is Verizon suing over net neutrality rules it once supported?

In the wake of Verizon's decision to sue the FCC over its net neutrality rules, it's worth taking a look back at the rules Verizon actually supported last autumn. In an effort to head off the FCC effort, Verizon huddled quietly with Google and produced a "suggested legislative framework" for net neutrality. It looked quite remarkably similar to the rules eventually adopted at the FCC—the rules that Verizon has chosen to sue over now as being "contrary to constitutional right" and "otherwise contrary to law."

Excerpted below are the main Verizon/Google provisions, followed by their matching item in the FCC's "open Internet" order from December. All are exact quotes.

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