Google Nervous About Verizon's Open Access

Ian Lamont writes "Google is so worried about Verizon Wireless's commitment to open access using the 700Mhz spectrum that it has asked the FCC to get a pledge from Verizon that the carrier will honor the FCC's open-access conditions before the FCC sells it the band. Verizon won the auction for the nationwide C block of the 700MHz spectrum, but Google points to Verizon's alleged attempts to abandon the conditions, including a filing with the FCC which said the commission 'could not force the C block winner to allow all applications on the network.' Could this be another expanding front in the Net Neutrality battle, or is it time for the carriers to accept the fact that Net Neutrality is essentially a done deal, and carriers need to prepare for the next battle — developing software and services to run on open networks?" The IP Democracy blog has Google's filing (PDF) and the following comment from Verizon: "Google's filing has no legal standing."

Re:Round 1.....

[Mordok-DestroyerOfWo]

A cat fight for the C block? Didn't I see this movie on Cinemax not too long ago?

Re:Legal Standing?

[Anonymous Coward]

If you show a boob, or say 'fuckweasel', or run a closeup of some guy's balls, you'll find out how much legal standing they have when they shut you down like Chuck said.