Hahn and Wallsten (Econ. Voice 3(6):1–7, 2006) wrote that network neutrality “usually means that broadband service providers charge consumers only once for Internet access, do not favor one content provider over another, and do not charge content providers for sending information over broadband lines to end users.” In this paper we study the implications of non-neutral behaviors under a simple ...

Two clichés sum up the telecommunications policy world for the past half dozen years. First, the only constant is change. Second, the more things change, the more they stay the same. The main topics of debate have turned, in just three years, from unbundled network elements and “open access” to video franchising reform and “net neutrality.” But the deep structure of the debate remains eerily fa...

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The r−n interaction energy, 1 ≤ n < 3, for a infinitely periodic system with explicit charges and a neutralizing, uniform background charge density is derived. An Ewald based expression for this energy has an extra term proportional to the square of the total explicit charges of the system. This expression may be useful for simulations in which explicit charge neutrality does not hold or for wh...

The ongoing debate about possible implementation of regulatory rules requiring “network neutrality” for wireless telecommunications services is inherently about whether to impose a prohibition on the ability of network operators to control their vertical relationships. Antitrust analysis is well suited to analyze whether a wireless network neutrality rule is socially beneficial. Implementing ne...

The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) highly anticipated Open Internet Order, released on March 12, 2015,1 was upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on June 14, 2016.2 The Order for the first time imposed common carrier regulation on providers of fixed and mobile services that provide mass-market Internet access to households and businesses. Previously, consis...

In order to structure the debate on the democratic potentials of digital information technology Hubertus Buchstein in 1996 created three ideal types, net optimism, net pessimism and net neutrality. In this study the viability of these positions is put under scrutiny from a current viewpoint. As a result, it should be noted that all positions, however, contain both elements that are still viable...

K ey classical macroeconomic hypotheses specify that permanent changes in nominal variables have no effect on real economic variables in the long run. The simplest “long-run neutrality” proposition specifies that a permanent change in the money stock has no long-run consequences for the level of real output. Other classical hypotheses specify that a permanent change in the rate of inflation has...

The notion of neutrality has long been criticised in the mediation literature. It is often said that mediator neutrality is a myth that hides the reality of the impact of the mediator on both the content and the process of mediation. Despite these criticisms neutrality continues to be seen as central to mediation theory and to the acceptance of mediation as a legitimate, fair and just process. ...