The Internet regulation proposal by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is apparently dividing the bigwig companies in the sense that they are taking sides, in terms of either supporting or opposing the net neutrality regulation.

The apparent divide results from the debate revolving round the FCC’s net neutrality principle which, in its broadest sense, aims at bringing about equal access for all Internet users to all kinds of information available online. 

Google and Verizon put forth their joint proposal on Monday suggesting that net neutrality should be implemented in such a way that carriers are allowed to create private channels for a new range of paid, “differentiated" services.” Suggesting that there should be no regulations for mobile “traffic management,” the two companies opine that regulators should enforce net neutrality principles on wired connections but not on the wireless Internet.

In response to the Google-Verizon policy statement, Facebook and AT&T expressed their notably different opinions on Wednesday.

While Facebook, which has essentially been thriving on the open Internet, criticized the proposal since critics have pointed out that it would largely erode Internet’s openness; Ralph de la Vega, the wireless chief at AT&T – one of the companies that stand to benefit from the somewhat lax Internet regulation – stated that the proposal put forth by Google and Verizon was a “reasonable framework.”

Meanwhile, though tech companies like Amazon and eBay also expressed concern with Google’s compromise, they have comparatively been less vocal in expressing their opinion.