I welcome the opportunity to comment on the European Commission’s Public Consultation on Specific Aspects of Transparency, Traffic Management and Switching in an Open Internet. I submit these comments as a professor of law and, by courtesy, electrical engineering at Stanford University whose research focuses on Internet architecture, innovation and regulation and as a German citizen who cares deeply about the future of the Internet in the European Union. My book “Internet Architecture and Innovation,” which was published by MIT Press in 2010 and just appeared in paperback, is considered the seminal work on the science, economics and politics of network neutrality. My papers on network neutrality have influenced discussions on network neutrality all over the world. I have testified on matters of Internet architecture, innovation and regulation before the US Federal Communications Commission. I have not been retained or paid by any of the parties to this consultation.
My recent paper “Network Neutrality and Quality of Service: What a Non-Discrimination Rule Should Look Like,” which I attach, directly addresses many of the issues raised by this consultation. The paper explores the relationship between network neutrality, non-discrimination rules and Quality of Service in detail. To continue, download the full comments document (PDF).Read the Scribd version. Attachments included with this letter:
- Oral Testimony at the Federal Communications Commission’s Second Public En Banc Hearing on Broadband Network Management Practices at Stanford University, Stanford, CA on April 17, 2008, Docket No. 07-52 (PDF)
- Network Neutrality and Quality of Service: What a Non-Discrimination Rule Should Look Like (PDF)
- Zediva letter to Federal Communications Commission (PDF)
About the AuthorBarbara van Schewick is an Associate Professor of Law and Helen L. Crocker Faculty Scholar at Stanford Law School, an Associate Professor (by courtesy) of Electrical Engineering in Stanford University’s Department of Electrical Engineering, Director of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, and a leading expert on network neutrality.Her research on the economic, regulatory, and strategic implications of communication networks bridges law, networking and economics. Her book Internet Architecture and Innovation (MIT Press 2010) is considered to be the seminal work on the science, economics and policy of network neutrality. Her papers on network neutrality have influenced regulatory debates in the United States, Canada and Europe. Van Schewick has testified before the FCC in en banc hearings and official workshops. In October 2010, van Schewick received the Research Prize Technical Communication 2010 from the Alcatel-Lucent Stiftung for Communications Research for her pioneering work in the area of Internet architecture, innovation and regulation.
- Publication Type:Regulatory Filing
- Publication Date:10/15/2012