“Network neutrality” encompasses a wide-ranging debate over what limits, if any, should be placed on network providers in pricing or managing Internet traffic. The articles in this volume tackle various aspects of this debate: Have other transportation networks been truly “neutral”? Should broadband providers be allowed to charge content providers for connecting with end users? How much price d...

I. DEVOLUTION OVER DEREGULATION, RETRENCHMENT OVER REFORM .....................................................................................308 II. THE RURAL AND HIGH-COST COMPONENT .............................318 A. Core Statutory Provisions and Other Sources of Law ..........318 B. "Local Usage" and Service Area Definition ...........................323 C. Service Quality Plans, "Wireline...

We investigate fitness neutrality in a Simple Evolutionary Algorithm (SEA) and in a neutrality-enabled evolutionary system using the OneMax problem. The results show that with the support of limited neutrality, SEA is less effective than our system where a larger amount of neutrality is supported. In order to understand the role of neutrality in evolutionary search of this unimodal landscape, w...

This paper investigates the private provision of public goods in segregated societies. While most research agrees that segregation undermines public goods provision the findings are mixed for private provision: social interactions, being strong within groups and limited across groups, may either increase or impede voluntary contributions. Surprisingly, very little light is shed in the literatur...

Net neutrality is the focus of an important policy debate that is tied to technological innovation, economic development, and information access. We examine the role of human values in shaping the Net neutrality debate through a content analysis of testimonies from U.S. Senate and FCC hearings on Net neutrality. The analysis is based on a coding scheme that we developed based on a pilot study i...

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Excerpt] In spite of the criticisms, there can be little doubt that labor’s campaigns to achieve and enforce neutrality agreements offer hope that the long-term decline in union density actually can be reversed. A highprofile example of a strategic blend of bargaining and organizing demonstrates the potential of this approach.

This is a collaborative submission from a group of academics based in the UK with expertise in Information technology law and related areas. The preparation of the response has been funded by the British and Irish Law Education Law and Technology Association. The response has been co-ordinated by the Information Technology Think Tank, which is supported by the Arts & Humanities Research Council...

We investigate neutrality in the simple Genetic Algorithms (SGA) and in our neutrality-enabled evolutionary system using the OneMax problem. The results show that with the support of limited neutrality, SGA is less effective than our system where a larger amount of neutrality is supported. In order to understand the role of neutrality in evolutionary search of this unimodal landscape, we have c...