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| Title: | 'Net Neutrality,' Non-Discrimination and Digital Distribution of Content
Through the Internet |
| Authors: | Economides, Nicholas |
| Keywords: | net neutrality
Internet
price discrimination
vertical restrictions
two-sided |
| Issue Date: | May-2007 |
| Series/Report no.: | EC-07-09 |
| Abstract: | The vast majority of US residential consumers face a monopoly or duopoly
in broadband Internet access. Up to now, the Internet was characterized
by a regime of 'net neutrality' where there was no discrimination in the
price of a transmitted information packet based on the identities of
either the transmitter or the receiver or based on the application or
type of content that it contained. The providers of DSL or cable modem
access in the United States, taking advantage of a recent regulatory
change that effectively abolished net neutrality and non-discrimination
protections, and possessing significant market power, have recently
discussed implementing a variety of discriminatory pricing schemes. This
paper discusses and evaluates the implication of a number of these
schemes on prices, profits of the network access providers and those of
the complementary applications and content providers, as well as the
impact on consumers. We also discuss an assortment of anti-competitive
effects of such price discrimination, and evaluate the possibility of
imposition of net neutrality by law. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2451/26038 |
| Appears in Collections: | Economics Working Papers
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