Google has vowed to flex its legal muscle if high-speed Internet providers abuse the market power they appear set to receive from U.S. legislators. Last week, the Senate approved sweeping telecom
legislation reform--but narrowly defeated attempts by lawmakers and lobbyists to push Net Neutrality, which would force telecom companies to charge content providers the same price for unfettered
access to their networks. It was a loss for the likes of Google and MSN, but the issue is not dead yet. Google Vice President Vint Cerf--one of the pioneers of the Internet--told a news conference
that if Net Neutrality does not pass, the company will wait to see if there is any abuse by telecom companies before deciding to go ahead with a lawsuit. "If we are not successful in our arguments ...
then we will simply have to wait until something bad happens and then we will make known our case to the Department of Justice's anti-trust division," he said on Tuesday. Cerf said Google worries that
some ISPs will attempt to interfere with the services of competitors over their broadband networks. Despite lobbying efforts on both sides of the issue, Congress may not be able to pass a final law
this year.
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