In the debate over network neutrality, the real issue of consequence is how owners of broadband access networks will shift their business models away from a subscriber-funded model to a model that relies more on advertising. That clash with the other players in the market is the heart of the...

The United States has asymmetric regulation of the provision of broadband Internet access service. A cable television system operator is not regulated in its sale of cable modem service. In contrast, an incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) that offers digital subscriber line (DSL) service...

Proponents of network neutrality regulation have ignored the essential cost and demand characteristics of telecommunications networks. Few industries studied by economists have received such intensive theoretical and empirical analysis as telecommunications. Today, regulators understand very...

"Network neutrality" is the shorthand for a proposed regime of economic regulation for the Internet. Because of the trend to deliver traditional telecommunications services, as well as new forms of content and applications, by Internet protocol (IP), a regime of network neutrality regulation...

In October 2009, the Federal Communications Commission proposed “net neutrality” regulations, including a new rule that would have the effect of banning optional business-to-business transactions between broadband Internet service providers (ISPs) and content providers for enhanced delivery...

In this article, we examine the open access debate in the context of cable services and broadband Internet services from an antitrust framework. Our analysis is prompted by the recent AT&T-MediaOne and AOL-Time Warner mergers, which raise issues concerning the impact of integrated cable content...