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Revisiting Net Neutrality, Daniel A. Lyons
Beyond Net Neutrality: International Examples Enabling Innovation And Consumer Choice In The Mobile Internet Ecosystem, Daniel Lyons
Beyond Net Neutrality: International Examples Enabling Innovation And Consumer Choice In The Mobile Internet Ecosystem, Daniel Lyons
Daniel Lyons
The FCC’s new Open Internet rules seek to limit interference by broadband service providers in markets for Internet-based content and applications. But to do so, the rules may significantly reduce the amount of innovation possible in the broadband service market. An aggressive interpretation of the rules suggests that broadband providers are generally required to offer customers access to all lawful Internet traffic, or none at all. This paper explores the way in which this all-or-nothing homogenization of the American broadband product differs from innovative non-net-neutral practices that are taking root in other countries, particularly in mobile markets. Around the world, …
Compelled Disclosure Of Internet Interconnection Agreements Creates Anticompetitive Risks, Daniel Lyons
Compelled Disclosure Of Internet Interconnection Agreements Creates Anticompetitive Risks, Daniel Lyons
Daniel Lyons
No abstract provided.
Peering Into The Comcast-Netflix Deal, Daniel A. Lyons
Peering Into The Comcast-Netflix Deal, Daniel A. Lyons
Daniel Lyons
No abstract provided.
Internet Policy’S Next Frontier: Data Caps, Tiered Service Plans, And Usage-Based Broadband Pricing, Daniel A. Lyons
Internet Policy’S Next Frontier: Data Caps, Tiered Service Plans, And Usage-Based Broadband Pricing, Daniel A. Lyons
Daniel Lyons
Usage-based pricing has rapidly become one of the most controversial topics in Internet policy. Both wired and wireless broadband providers are migrating from flat-rate pricing to a variety of consumption-based pricing models. Some consumer groups have viewed the change to usage-based pricing with skepticism, fearing it will usher in an era of higher prices, deteriorating service, and increasingly anticompetitive conduct. This article evaluates the merits of data caps, tiered-service plans, and other usage-based pricing strategies. It finds that usage-based broadband pricing is not inherently anti-consumer or anti-competitive. Rather, it reflects a cluster of pricing strategies through which a broadband company …
The Challenge Of Voip To Legacy Federal And State Regulatory Regimes, Daniel A. Lyons
The Challenge Of Voip To Legacy Federal And State Regulatory Regimes, Daniel A. Lyons
Daniel Lyons
No abstract provided.
Net Neutrality And Nondiscrimination Norms In Telecommunications, Daniel Lyons
Net Neutrality And Nondiscrimination Norms In Telecommunications, Daniel Lyons
Daniel Lyons
“Net neutrality” refers to the principle that broadband providers should not discriminate when transporting content and applications over the Internet. After several years of debate, the Federal Communications Commission adopted binding net neutrality rules in December 2010. The cornerstone of this regime is a binding rule that forbids broadband providers from unreasonably discriminating when delivering Internet traffic.The prohibition on unreasonable discrimination has a long pedigree in telecommunications law, and net neutrality proponents have long asserted the need to extend that nondiscrimination norm to cyberspace. But the Commission’s net neutrality rules impose far greater obligations on broadband providers than the law …