The proposal, protesters claimed, will create a two- or multi-tier Internet, which would favor established media giants, freezing out startups and the average consumer.
The protest, which attracted between 30 and 50 people, was originally organized by Free Press, one of the consumer groups that has protested the relationship between the two companies.
Google is also accepting comments on the proposal on its public policy blog.
A splinter group from RagingGrannies.com formed elsewhere on the campus, distracting reporters and some protest-goers with their vintage formal outfits.
Net neutrality! Free Press chartered a bus that drove down from San Francisco with about a dozen protesters on board.
Google owes its existence to the openness of the Internet, he said.
Justin Papa, a student at San Francisco State University, said that the Google-Verizon protest was the first protest he had ever attended.
"Oh my darling, Oh my darling, oh my darling FCC.
ADVERTISING BROKER Google has tried to defend its deal with Verizon by trying to quash "myths" about any effects it might have to diminish net neutrality.
Many have called the deal a sellout by Google, which previously was a staunch supporter of net neutrality. While the deal does propose to maintain net neutrality on 'wireline' services, including giving the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) the authority to deal with complaints and issue fines, it leaves wireless Internet access open for Internet service providers (ISPs) and mobile telecom companies to carve up as they please.
If all that sounds a bit iffy, just wait until you hear Google's reasoning.
In the contiguous US there are only two CDMA wireless providers, Verizon and Sprint, and just two GSM providers, T-Mobile and AT&T. Many fear that Google's deal with Verizon has set a precedent for other content providers and network operators to cut deals, ensuring that no one misses out. The notion that ISPs such as Verizon will start to package up quality of service prices, rules and restrictions and flog them to Big Media content providers and punters Google alluded to when it mentioned the following:
"Another aspect of the joint proposal would allow broadband providers to offer certain specialized services to customers, services which are not part of the Internet. A more secure banking channel? Pay for view cable TV like entertainment channels?