Some Net Neutrality Links

by on April 4, 2006 · 2 comments

Here is some material generated by PFF scholars:

My short paper “Net Neutrality: Video Dialtone Redux?” A quote:

Right now there are huge opportunities for growth and expansion of broadband networks and services, including content. And problems as well, from spam to capacity limits, from authentication problems to quality of service issues. Hopefully these issues all have technical solutions, but deploying those solutions is going to take some capital. Do we really want to narrow the business models that can be used to raise and recover that capital down to… video dialtone for the Net?

Testimony of Kyle Dixon before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, February 07, 2006.

Testimony of Randolph May before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, March 30, 2006.

“The Economics of Net Neutrality: Why the Physical Layer of the Internet Should Not Be Regulated,” by Christopher S. Yoo, PFF Progress on Point 11.11, July 2004.

See also “Are ‘Dumb Pipe’ Mandates Smart Public Policy? Vertical Integration, Net Neutrality, and the Network Layers Model,” by Adam Thierer, Journal of Telecommunications & High-Technology Law, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2004.

More links below:


Net Neutrality or Net Neutering in a Post-Brand X World: Self-Regulation, Policy Principles, and Legal Mandates in the Broadband Marketplace,” Sept. 21, 2005 (featuring Thomas Tauke, Dan Brenner, David McClure, Peter Pitsch, Gigi Sohn, and Adam Thierer).

“Should the Net’s Physical Layer be Regulated?” September 2004, (featuring Randolph May, C. Lincoln Hoewing, John Nakahata, Adam Thierer, Joe Waz, Richard Whitt, and Christopher Yoo).

“Net Neutrality or Net Neutering: Should Broadband Internet Services Be Regulated?” November 2003, (featuring Jeffrey Campbell, Mark Cooper, Joseph Farrell, W. Kenneth Ferree, Raymond L. Gifford, Thomas M. Lenard, Randolph J. May, Paul Misener, Bruce Owen, Gregory Rosston, David Scheffman, John Scheibel, Robert Sachs, Tom Tauke, and Nancy Victory).

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