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The Evolving Internet: Patterns In Usage And Pricing, Daniel Lyons Nov 2012

The Evolving Internet: Patterns In Usage And Pricing, Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons

No abstract provided.


Podcast, Usage-Based Pricing In Broadband, Daniel Lyons Nov 2012

Podcast, Usage-Based Pricing In Broadband, Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons

No abstract provided.


Interview, Candidate Speech And Broadcaster Responsibilities Beat The Press, Daniel Lyons Dec 2011

Interview, Candidate Speech And Broadcaster Responsibilities Beat The Press, Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons

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Net Neutrality And Nondiscrimination Norms In Telecommunications, Daniel Lyons Dec 2011

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 …


Presentation, Dodd-Frank And The Administrative Law Of Cooperative Federalism, Daniel Lyons Dec 2011

Presentation, Dodd-Frank And The Administrative Law Of Cooperative Federalism, Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons

No abstract provided.


Reforming The Universal Service Fund For The Digital Age, Daniel Lyons Dec 2011

Reforming The Universal Service Fund For The Digital Age, Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons

The marketplace and technological changes that have occurred since the last major revision of the Communications Act in 1996 have rendered existing law and policy woefully outdated, if not obsolete. In the past fifteen years there has been a switch from analog to digital services, from narrowband to broadband networks, and, most importantly, from a mostly monopolistic to a generally competitive environment. In Communications Law and Policy in the Digital Age: The Next Five Years, some of the nation's most eminent scholars explain why communications law and policy should be changed in response to these profound marketplace transitions. And, as …