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The terminology “Net Neutrality” associates two words for which there is no precise definition. Thus, we must define here the meanings we use in the body of the present document.
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7.9 Appendix: Net Neutrality in the USA
7.9 Appendix: Net Neutrality in the USA
When there is no data communication regulation by the government, the situation is termed “net neutrality”, or “internet freedom” in propaganda literature. It is usually pushed by major content providers and network operators, but not by users.
In February 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (Federal Communications Commission and Open 2015; 13 things you need to know about the FCC’s Net Neutrality Regulation 2015) (FCC) decided to regulate “broadband”, that is Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), 256 Kbits/s and higher. Called “Open Internet” by the FCC, the rules are considered antagonistic to net neutrality by powerful lobbies, which may sue the FCC and get the rules overturned by a court.
In a nutshell the rules boil down to: (1) No blocking, (2) No throttling, (3) No fast lanes.
Due to the peculiar political environment, further development on net neutrality in the USA is out of the scope of this article.
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Pouzin, L. (2016). Net Neutrality and Quality of Service. In: Belli, L., De Filippi, P. (eds) Net Neutrality Compendium. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26425-7_7
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