http://www.democracynow.org/2010/8/6/verizon_google_enter_reported_deal_for An excellent overview of why "Net Neutrality", and a more genuinely progressively liberal USA FCC agency, are important to citizen access to the Internet and important to "Open Education" as well. This is a 10+ minute interview broadcast on Democracy Now, 10.08.06. The interview is between hosts Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez with subject matter expert Josh Silver, president, CEO, and executive director of Free Press (www.freepress.net), Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA.