Apr 21, 2015
CPI Europe Column edited by Juan Delgado (Global Economics Group) and Anna Tzanaki presents:
Neutral Regulation to Net Neutrality by Tommaso Valletti (Imperial College London)
Intro by Juan Delgado (Global Economics Group)
The recent US regulation on net neutrality has been preceded by a heated debate. Net neutrality debate is multisided covering from pure engineering or economic aspects to deep-rooted discussions on democracy and free speech. Tommaso Valletti offers an economic framework for the analysis of net neutrality demystifying the common identification between unequal treatment and consumer harm. Valletti sees that some forms of discrimination can enlarge the set of strategies of Internet providers and content providers to the benefit of end users.
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The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published in April the final rule on its new regulations on “Promoting and Protecting the Open Internet”. This typically goes under the shorter name of “net neutrality”. Unsurprisingly, as it relates to the Internet, the net neutrality debate has received massive attention. A record 4 million comments were submitted to the FCC. President Obama strongly and very openly supported net neutrality regulations.
What is the FCC decision about?
To a US audience, the debate on net neutrality was a debate about the rules and
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