Last week, we joined the rest of the news and blog world in worrying about what Verizon and Google's net neutrality "deal" would mean for the future of the Internet. Now, the two companies iterated a spirit of openness, but it's too early to sigh in relief yet.
Why the worry? While it does look like Google and Verizon have their priorities straight — enforceable net neutrality with no prioritization of traffic — yet the full effects of the policy can't be known just yet. How is wireless to be handled, for example? But we'll get to that in a moment.
Below is a quick glance at Google and Verizon's proposal for how Internet content and consumers should be handled. Each one is marked with either "wired" or "wireless," denoting which — by Google's own language — the rule pertains to. In some cases, neither service is mentioned and we've gone ahead and marked those "unstated." LINK
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