Verizon's Pact With Google Would Keep Internet Open, Tauke Says

Verizon's proposal with Google for Internet-traffic rules will meet demand for an open Internet, said Thomas Tauke, Verizon executive vice president for public affairs.

"We need to get this right" to promote investment, Tauke said in a speech at an Aspen, Colorado, conference. Tauke said consumers would benefit from added services. "We want to protect the Internet but we also want to offer consumers more services," such as remote monitoring of blood pressure, Tauke said. "The broadband platform, in addition to the open Internet, is the platform for innovation and growth in the years ahead."

He said adopting the proposal would allow President Obama to meet a promise he made to voters on the campaign trail. "It fulfills the president's campaign promise of non-discrimination and transparency on the Internet."