TY - BOOK ID - 7611711 TI - Net neutrality : towards a co-regulatory solution PY - 2010 SN - 1849660069 9786612894626 1849663572 1282894625 1849660379 1472521528 PB - London : Bloomsbury Academic, DB - UniCat KW - Broadband communication systems -- Law and legislation. KW - Internet -- Government policy. KW - Network neutrality. KW - Telecommunication policy. KW - Internet. KW - Network neutrality KW - Right to Internet access. KW - Digital divide. KW - Divide, Digital KW - GDD (Global digital divide) KW - Global digital divide KW - Information society KW - Internet access, Right to KW - Human rights KW - Telecommunication KW - Telecommunication and state KW - Internet neutrality KW - Net neutrality KW - Internet governance KW - Telecommunication policy KW - DARPA Internet KW - Internet (Computer network) KW - Wide area networks (Computer networks) KW - World Wide Web KW - Government policy KW - Internet UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7611711 AB - Net Neutrality is a very heated and contested policy principle regarding access for content providers to the Internet end-user, and potential discrimination in that access where the end-user's ISP (or another ISP) blocks that access in part or whole. The suggestion has been that the problem can be resolved by either introducing greater competition, or closely policing conditions for vertically integrated service, such as VOIP.However, that is not the whole story, and ISPs as a whole have incentives to discriminate between content for matters such as network management of spam, to secure and maintain customer experience at current levels, and for economic benefit from new Quality of Service standards. This includes offering a 'priority lane' on the network for premium content types such as video and voice service. The author considers market developments and policy responses in Europe and the United States, draws conclusions and proposes regulatory recommendations. ER -