Apparently Google’s been making a Verizon so fuss lately with it claims that Verizon’s plans to subvert the intent of the 700MHz open-access rules, butVerizon looks isn’t interested in fighting.
Verizon issued a statement today saying that it “understood the FCC’s rules,” and that “of course we’ll abide by those rules”.
In a petition filed with the FCC by Google, the company alleges that Verizon is willfully ignoring the “plain meaning of the [open access] rule” by suggesting it will allow one type of access for users who use Verizon-approved devices, and another for those using third-party units.
According to the document, “Verizon’s position would completely reverse the meaning of the rule such that the open access condition would apply to none of Verizon’s customers, and thereby render the condition a nullity.”
Since this Verizon wasn’t down with open access, but it looks like Google has a little more fight left in them — and that could make all the difference.
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