Full Description
The ways in which Internet traffic is managed have direct consequences on Internet users' rights as well as on their capability to compete on a level playing field. Network neutrality mandates to treat Internet traffic in a non-discriminatory fashion in order to maximise end users' freedom and safeguard an open Internet.
This book is the result of a collective work aimed at providing deeper insight into what is network neutrality, how does it relates to human rights and free competition and how to properly frame this key issue through sustainable policies and regulations. The Net Neutrality Compendium stems from three years of discussions nurtured by the members of the Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality (DCNN), an open and multi-stakeholder group, established under the aegis of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF).
Contents
Introduction.- Towards a Multi-Stakeholder Approach to Network Neutrality.- Part I Framing the Network Neutrality Debate: Net Neutrality, Human Rights and Openness.- End-to-End, Net Neutrality and Human Rights.- The Importance of Internet Neutrality to Protecting Human Rights Online.- Net Neutrality from a Public Sphere Perspective.- Network Neutrality under the Lens of Risk Management.- There's No Economic Imperative to Reconsider on Open Internet.- Net Neutrality and Quality of Service.- A Discourse-Principle Approach to Net Neutrality Policymaking: A Model Framework and its Application.- Part II A Regulatory Perspective on Net Neutrality.- Specialized Services and the Net Neutrality Service Model.- Net Neutrality: An Overview of Enacted Laws in South America.- Network Neutrality Debates in Telecommunications Reform—Actors, Incentives, Risks.- Net Neutrality in Australia: The Debates Continues, But No Policy in Sight.- Test of the FCC's Virtuous Circle: Preliminary Results for Edge Provider Innovation and Investment by Country with Hard versus Soft Rules.- Net Neutrality: An Analysis of the European Union's Trialogue Compromise.- Part III Network Neutrality in Action: Challenges and Implementations.- All but Neutral—Citizen Responses to the European Commission's Public Consultation on Network Neutrality.- The Persistent Problems of Net Neutrality or Why Are We Still Lacking Stable Net Neutrality Regulation.- A Norwegian Perspective on European Regulation of Net Neutrality.- Zero Rating and Mobile Net Neutrality.- Wireless Community Networks: Towards a Public Policy for the Network Commons?.- Safety, Privacy and Net Neutrality Aspects of Civilian Drones.- Network Neutrality: An Empirical Approach to Legal Interoperability.
