Google Says It Favors 'Reasonable' Network Management

Google told the Federal Communications Commission it supports banning the prioritization of Internet traffic based on ownership, source or content, and that network providers should be allowed to address "genuine congestion issues."

"Providing a carefully-defined 'reasonable network management' exception" would allow broadband providers to deal with traffic congestion and protect against spamming and other Internet hazards, Richard Whitt, Mountain View, California- based Google's Washington telecommunications and media counsel, wrote in a post on the company's Web log. "Broadband providers uniquely have the incentive and ability to abuse their physical gateway control over end- users," Google said.