Antecedents to Net Neutrality

In: Regulation: the Cato review of business and government, Band 30, Heft 3, S. 14-17

Abstract

Provides a historical perspective to the debate on "net neutrality," ie, that the Internet & physical access to it ought to be universally available on uniform & nondiscriminatory terms. Here, it is argued that net neutrality is really the resurrection of the problematic notion of the "common carrier," which if implemented would likely harm those it sought to protect while advancing the interests of politically powerful economic elites. Adapted from the source document.