Why Google and Verizon Won't Be BFFs Forever
GigaOM, March 31, 2010
By Stacey Higginbotham
Google and Verizon have teamed up once again, with its CEOs penning an opinion piece that praises aspects of the National Broadband Plan. While the two may be friends in the occasional FCC filing, their mutual interests will be tested when it comes time for the FCC to dig into Net Neutrality, as well as when Congress and the FCC get into figuring out how to regulate the web.
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