IP/Internet/New Media Blog

Monday, August 9, 2010, Verizon and Google published their Legislative Framework Proposal(link to pdf). The proposal addresses everything from net neutrality to the national broadband plan, giving the FCC “exclusive authority to oversee broadband Internet access service” but stripping the FCC of “any authority over Internet software applications, content or services.”

Keeping in mind that this is merely an aspirational statement by Verizon and Google, stating how they would like to see legislation crafted, the proposal nonetheless merits consideration and analysis, representing as it does a public statement of the kind of lobbying these two interests will be funding.