Next Wednesday, January 26, EDUCAUSE Live! welcomes
Telecommunications Professor Barbara Cherry.
"Continuing Uncertainty Under FCC Network Neutrality Rules"
http://www.educause.edu/live113
1-2pm U.S. Eastern Time, Wednesday, January 26. No charge, but
registration required. Archived for future (re)viewing.
Barbara A. Cherry
Professor, Department of Telecommunications
Indiana University Bloomington
In December 2010, the FCC adopted rules to preserve Internet freedom
and openness, which are also referred to as network neutrality rules.
These rules create obligations on broadband Internet access service
providers to provide transparency, prohibit blocking, and ensure no
unreasonable discrimination. In this presentation we will discuss
reasons why great uncertainty remains under these rules. These
include understanding the radical nature of recent broadband policy
as a noncommon carriage service as well as the questionable
sustainability of these rules upon judicial review. Furthermore, even
if the rules are legally sustainable, there is also great uncertainty
in the rules' application. Problematic areas include the laxer
obligations for wireless broadband, the undefined scope of
permissible "pay for priority" services, and the ambiguity of what
constitutes reasonable network management practices. If time permits,
we will also discuss additional uncertainty that arises from the
difficulties of coordinating these rules with other policies, such as
universal service.
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