Looks like Google and Verizon were, in fact, in talks over Net Neutrality after all, calling it a "thorny" issue, no less. Hm. Both parties announced, a few moments ago , the creation of a codified framework that they will submit to lawmakers in hopes of being enshrined into law. Many of the ideas are fairly benign, such as giving the FCC power to regulate the Internet a little more forcefully. Other ideas, such as the wholesale exclusion of wireless Internet from any sort of Net Neutrality controls, are a little more controversial.