Net Neutrality, Verizon and Google: A Separate Peace?

The buzz in telecom policy circles this morning is the word that Verizon and Google are close to an agreement that will allow the search giant to purchase from Verizon a faster tier for delivery of its bandwidth heavy services, notably YouTube, its video-sharing site.

If the two companies reach an agreement, it could be a death blow to the entire "non-discriminatory" idea behind network neutrality: that no service provider should be give favored treatment to any service or application. FCC...