(Cross-posted from netarchitecture.org)
Earlier this summer, the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) held a public consultation on various aspects of network neutrality that I participated in. The consultation focused on the following three draft reports:
Draft Guidelines for Quality of Service in the Scope of Network Neutrality
Draft Report "An Assessment of IP-Interconnection in the Context of Network Neutrality"
Draft report "Differentiation Practices and Related Competition Issues in the Scope of Network Neutrality"
The first of the draft reports addressed the relationship between network neutrality and Quality of Service, the topic of my recent Center for Internet and Society White Paper "Network Neutrality and Quality of Service: What a Non-Discrimination Rule Should Look Like."
If you are interested in the consultation, but don’t want to read the full reports, this explanatory paper by BEREC puts the consultation in context, summarizes the main findings of the draft reports and highlights the areas in which BEREC was asking for feedback.
The consultation was open from May 29,2012 to July 31,2012. 72 parties, including individuals, companies and other organizations, submitted contributions. A list of commenters is available here.
You can read my submission to BEREC on Scribd (or download it here).