Some advocates want the commission to go further to completely ban fast lanes by reclassifying broadband Internet as a telecommunications service.
The FCC's proposed rules would ban broadband providers from negotiating "commercially unreasonable" deals, leaving room for deals the FCC determines are reasonable.
"As we have said before, and affirm again here, Verizon has no plans to engage in paid prioritization of Internet traffic," Milch said in the letter.