"Internet providers can't wait," says the group's managing director, Craig Aaron. "First Verizon and Google strike a deal, then AT&T and Microsoft have a deal ... here comes Comcast who cuts a deal with Yahoo. The problem is that in the long run, that little guy never gets the chance to compete."

This deal -- and potential future ones like it -- will put smaller online businesses and websites at a disadvantage because it gives wealthy companies such as Google the opportunity to pay to have their websites operate more quickly than others, opponents complain.

Und: Innerhalb Google regt sich auch Protest.