Verizon CEO slams Net neutrality

The day before the Federal Communications Commission is expected to start the ball rolling on new regulation to keep the Internet open, Verizon Communications CEO Ivan Seidenberg painted a dooms day picture of what could happen in the industry if strict rules are imposed.

During his keynote address at the Supercomm 2009 trade show here, Seidenberg said that Verizon is very troubled by the new regulation that is being proposed by the FCC. He argued that imposing strict regulations would pit network providers against application providers in a way that would ruin the Internet's potential for economic growth and societal change.

"Proponents (of Net neutrality) have a worldview that network providers and application providers, like Google, occupy different parts of the Internet: dumb pipes versus smart apps," he said. "This is a mistake pure and simple. It's an analog idea for a digital world. It completely understates the need for sound practices and ignores the benefits of smart networks."

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