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Verizon is standing in the way of the open internet
In December 2010, after a long and contentious fight, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued comprehensive rules to protect an open Internet. The FCC’s rules prohibit discrimination and blocking on the Internet, require full transparency and free speech, and cover wireless networks while acknowledging technological differences. These carefully crafted rules were endorsed by a broad range of public interest and consumer groups, labor organizations including CWA, civil rights groups, environmental organizations, broadband providers, software developers, and Internet applications companies.
But not by Verizon. Instead, Verizon took the FCC to court to overturn the rules. Verizon almost alone among telecom companies has come out against regulatory oversight to protect an open Internet. The case will be heard in the fall of 2012.
One would think that Verizon would be ashamed to demand the right to discriminate among customers on its network. Not Verizon.