Search giant says there is no agreement allowing telecoms company Verizon to prioritise the order and speed in which it delivers content to users
Verizon has also moved to dismiss the story. »The NYT article regarding conversations between Google and Verizon is mistaken, » the company said. […]
Gigi Sohn, president of consumer advocacy group Public Knowledge, told the New York Times: « The point of a network neutrality rule is to prevent big companies from dividing the Internet between them. The fate of the Internet is too large a matter to be decided by negotiations involving two companies, even companies as big as Verizon and Google. »
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/aug/05/gogle-denies-verizon-deal-net-neutrality