Google and Verizon want to make one thing clear: There’s no 
truth to last week’s rumors that the search and telecom giants were discussing a deal that would effectively end net neutrality. Instead, they’re teaming up to try to push the concept further.
One week after gossip surfaced, suggesting Google was about to sign an agreement to pay Verizon for speedier Internet access to its services, the two companies held a hastily assembled press conference Monday, offering a joint proposal for ways to keep America’s Internet strong.
Chris Morris: Journalist 