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AT&T keen on Verizon/Google net neutrality proposal

2010-08-12 13:16 by
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A "reasonable framework," AT&T calls the Verizon/Google net neutrality proposal. The comment came from AT&T's Ralph de la Vega, the telco's CEO for wireless, speaking at a technology and telecommunications conference in Boston yesterday. De la Vega says the company supports most of the concept.

On Monday, Verizon and Google published a set of recommendations to Congress for an open Internet law. The suggestions include exempting wireless broadband from any kind of nondiscrimination and prioritization rules, plus an exemption carve-out for "additional or differentiated services" an ISP might offer.

"It is too soon to predict how these new services will develop," both companies explained, "but examples might include health care monitoring, the smart grid, advanced educational services, or new entertainment and gaming options."

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