Net Neutrality - 102 Resources

Overview
Publications (60)
Presentations (13)
Podcasts (6)
Blogs (23)

Overview

"Net neutrality" is the term used to describe the concept of keeping the Internet open to all lawful content, information, applications, and equipment. There is increasing concern that the owners of the local broadband connections (usually either the cable or telephone company) may block or discriminate against certain Internet users or applications in order to give an advantage to their own services. While the owners of the local network have a legitimate right to manage traffic on their network to prevent congestion, viruses, and so forth, network owners should not be able to block or degrade traffic based on the identity of the user or the type of application solely to favor their interests.

Recent Actions

Preserving a Free and Open Internet: A Platform for Innovation, Opportunity and Prosperity, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's remarks at the Brookings Institution, September 21, 2009.
For updates on FCC actions relating to net neutrality, go to: www.openinternet.gov.
Discuss this and other communications policy issues here.

Key Documents

EDUCAUSE Actions

Open Internet Coalition letter to Congress requesting hearings on Net Neutrality, October 3, 2007
Comments to the FCC regarding Broadband Industry Policies , June 15, 2007
Sign on to letter to FCC concerning set top boxes , June 13, 2007
Comments to the FCC regarding the Skype Petition, April 30, 2007
Letter to Chairman Davis, Maryland House of Delegates, February 27, 2007
Sign-on to letter to Congress requesting a National Broadband Policy, February 27, 2007
Comments submitted to the FCC, regarding net neutrality provisions in the AT&T/Bell South merger, October 24, 2006
Stevens-Inouye Letter, September 13, 2006
Stevens-Inouye Letter, June 19, 2006
Legislating Net Neutrality-Necessary?, a one-page issue brief submitted to the Internet Caucus Advisory Committee, June 2, 2006
ACE letter to Congressman Sensenbrenner and Congressman Conyers in support of the House Judiciary bill HR 5417, the "Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2006," May 24, 2006
ACE letter to House leaders Dennis Hastert and Nancy Pelosi in support of net neutrality, May 19, 2006
EDUCAUSE joins the "Save the Internet" Coalition as a Charter member
Association of American Universities letter to Representatives Barton and Dingell, March 29, 2006
Press release regarding House Bill Language, March 28, 2006
Co-sign on letter to Senator Stevens and Inouye, March 16, 2006
Association of American Universities letter to Senator Stevens and Inouye, March 9, 2006
Association of American Universities letter to Representatives Barton and Dingell, March 6, 2006
Press release regarding Senator Wyden's Bill 2360, March 2, 2006
Letter to Senator Wyden, March 2, 2006
Letter to Representatives Barton and Dingell, March 1, 2006

Testimony and Reports

Sir Tim Berners-Lee Testimony, before the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, March 1, 2007
The Debate on Net Neutrality: A Policy Perspective, Cheng, Bandyopadhyay and Guo, March 2007
Internet 3.0: Identifying Problems and Solutions to the Network Neutrality Debate, Frieden, February 2007
Testimony of Dr. Donald Spicer before the Maryland House of Delegates, February 27, 2007
Testimony of Gary Bachula at the FTC Broadband Connectivity Competition Policy Workshop, February 14, 2007
Testimony of Jeff Kuhns before the Senate Judiciary Committee, June 14, 2006
Internet2 Testimonybefore the Senate Commerce Committee, February 7, 2006
Economic Analysis and Network Neutrality: Separating Empirical Facts From Theoretical Fiction, Trevor R. Roycroft, June 2006
Preserving the Essential Internet, Center for Democracy and Technology, June 2006
"Internet2 and Quality of Service: Research, Experience, and Conclusions" by Steven Corbato and Ben Teitelbaum, May 2006
CRS Report for Congress: Telecommunications Act: Competition, Innovation, and Reform, updated January 13, 2006

Other Net Neutrality Resources

It's Our Net
"The Net@Risk", Moyers on America, PBS
Steve Worona Interview with Kevin Mooney on Net Neutrality, the "Mooney in the Morning" show on Radio WKRT 920AM (Cortland, NY); May 24, 2006
"The Net Neutrality Debate: A CIOs Viewpoint" by Michael M. Roberts, May 18, 2006
Whose Internet Is It? NPR's Justice Talking debate on net neutrality with Art Bodsky and David McClure

Publications (60)

EDUCAUSE publications address a diverse range of professional challenges in higher education IT, from updates on current developments to explorations of important overarching issues. Listed below are the full range of research, reports and other publications that EDUCAUSE and its members have written about Net Neutrality.

Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views
EQM08311	Directing Traffic: Managing Internet Bandwidth Fairly Thomas A. Paine and Tyler J. Griggs Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Quarterly	08/04/2008	2,039
ERM06311	The End of the Net as We Know It? Mark A. Luker Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	01/01/2006	4,325
ERM0639	The Net Neutrality Debate: The Basics Richard Greenfield Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	01/01/2006	6,253
ERM07311	New Life for Network Neutrality Mark A. Luker Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	01/01/2007	2,520
ERM0763	The Internet at Risk: The Need for Higher Education Advocacy James X. Dempsey Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	10/19/2007	3,161
CSD5319	FCC wants to know: Is degrading P2P traffic 'reasonable'? Anne Broache Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/15/2008	325
ERM0640	Lessons for the Future Internet: Learning from the Past Michael M. Roberts Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	01/01/2006	5,472
CSD5201	Comcast Blocks Some Internet Traffic Peter Svensson Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	10/19/2007	1,163
CSD5205	Comcast Blockage of BitTorrent 101 Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	10/23/2007	721
CSD5215	Verizon Overrides Internet Searches With Its Own Results Martin H. Bosworth Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	11/05/2007	647
CSD5222	Group Puts Broadband Providers on Net Neutrality Watch Roy Mark Articles, Papers, and Reports		11/09/2007	355
CSD4899	Internet 3.0: Identifying Problems and Solutions to the Network Neutrality Debate Robert M. Frieden Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	2,202
EPO0727	EDUCAUSE signs on to 700 MHz Comments to the FCC Government Documents, Laws, Testimonies or Reports	EDUCAUSE Policy Office	01/01/2007	1,712
CSD4891	CD sales dead? Not For Indies! Harold Feld Blogs	Community Recommendation	01/01/2007	1,586
CSD4921	Librarians as Change Agents: How You Can Help Influence Public Policy in the 110th Congress Mary A. Baish Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2007	1,798
EPO0719	Tim Berners-Lee Congressional Testimony Government Documents, Laws, Testimonies or Reports	EDUCAUSE Policy Office	01/01/2007	1,981
CSD4998	FTC Nixes Net Neutrality Martin H. Bosworth Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	07/02/2007	2,040
CSD5007	MPAA: Net neutrality could hurt antipiracy tech Anne Broache Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	07/20/2007	2,267
CSD5038	Deep packet inspection meets 'Net neutrality, CALEA Nate Anderson Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	07/25/2007	2,715
CSD5126	Ten Things That Finally Killed Net Neutrality Declan McCullagh Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	09/10/2007	3,054
CSD5136	Push for ‘net neutrality' stalls Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	09/14/2007	2,594
CSD4389	Consumer Groups Push for Net Neutrality Rules Grant Gross Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	2,478
CSD4400	Perspective: Don't blow it, Congress Gigi Sohn Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	2,069
CSD4428	Net Neutrality As Campaign Finance Reform Harold Feld Blogs	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	2,092
CSD4522	Net Neutrality and the Regulation Debate Mike Cassidy Blogs	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	2,597

Presentations (13)

Stepping away from the distractions of normal routine to meet with peers, share experiences, and learn together can be invaluable. EDUCAUSE places great emphasis on the face-to-face meeting experience, offering you numerous opportunities throughout the year to gather with colleagues - from small regional events and special topic meetings to large, national conferences covering the full spectrum of roles and issues important to higher education. For more information on EDUCAUSE conferences and seminars, please see our Frequently Asked Questions page. Listed below is the full range of presentations EDUCAUSE and its members tagged with Net Neutrality

Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views
CSD5428	Preserving Internet Freedom: Guiding Principles for the Industry Michael K. Powell Presentations/Speeches	Community Recommendation	02/08/2004	372
LIVE085	U.S. Internet Access Policy Susan Crawford Presentations/Speeches	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	03/07/2008	649
LIVE081	What Price Insularity? Reflections About Computer Security Failings Fred B. Schneider Presentations/Speeches	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	01/04/2008	266
POL07004	Net Neutrality in Practice: What Would It Look Like? Scott M. Deutchman, Robert M. Frieden, Chris Libertelli, Richard S. Whitt, John Windhausen, Jr. Presentations/Speeches	Policy (Archives)	05/16/2007	3,546
EDU06317	IT Policy in Higher Education: Now a Presidential Concern Terry W. Hartle Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/10/2006	2,452
MWR0684	When Policy and Technology Collide: What CALEA, Community Broadband Deployment and Net Neutrality Mean for the Future of the Internet Garret Sern Presentations/Speeches	Midwest Regional	03/14/2006	2,664
NMD0602	Net Neutrality: Who will control the Internet? Earl Comstock, Richard Greenfield and Stanislav Shalunov Presentations/Speeches	Net@EDU (State Networks)	02/06/2006	2,979
NMD07007	Federal IT Policy: Higher Education and the New Congress Susan Fratkin, Terry W. Hartle Presentations/Speeches	Net@EDU (State Networks)	02/05/2007	3,043
SWR0667	When Policy and Technology Collide: What CALEA, Community Broadband Deployment, and Net Neutrality Mean for the Future of the Internet Dennis R. Aebersold, Dennis M. Maloney and Garret Sern Presentations/Speeches	Southwest Regional	02/23/2006	2,344
LIVE063	The Myth of Network Neutrality Scott Bradner Presentations/Speeches	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	01/01/2006	3,150
POL0610	The State of the Net in Canada, Japan and the UK Sheba Chacko, Takashi Ebihara and Michael A. Geist Presentations/Speeches	Policy (Archives)	04/27/2006	2,239
POL0611	The Net Neutrality Debate James Assey, Richard Cimerman and Earl Comstock Presentations/Speeches	Policy (Archives)	04/27/2006	2,617
CSD4476	Eleventh Annual ICPL Seminar Various Authors Presentations/Speeches	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	1,818

Podcasts (6)

Name	Views	Post date
EDUCAUSE Now - Show #1 - Premiere Episode Play \| Show Notes \| Download (18.47 MB audio/mpeg)	1,236	03/12/2008
Podcast: Net Neutrality in Practice: What Would It Look Like? Play \| Show Notes \| Download (33.62 MB audio/mpeg)	3,542	06/26/2007
An Interview with Tim Lorang Play \| Show Notes \| Download (7.16 MB audio/mpeg)	4,454	12/18/2006
An Interview with Ken Udas Play \| Show Notes \| Download (11.29 MB audio/mpeg)	3,509	12/18/2006
An Interview with Douglas Van Houweling Play \| Show Notes \| Download (13.79 MB audio/mpeg)	4,351	10/19/2006
An Interview with Google's Vint Cerf Play \| Show Notes \| Download (17.59 MB audio/mpeg)	4,836	09/25/2006

Blogs (23)

EDUCAUSE hosts a number of blogs for its members. To view a list of all our blogs, click here.

Title	Blogger	Posted	Views
Are we in the final throes of the net neutrality struggle?	Wendy Wigen, EDUCAUSE	10/23/2009	22
EDUCAUSE, ACUTA, and Internet2 Send Open Letter to FCC Chairman Genachowski	Lisa Gesner, EDUCAUSE	10/21/2009	53
Net Neutrality and Managed Services: Your Expertise is Needed!	Wendy Wigen, EDUCAUSE	10/14/2009	14
The Net Neutrality Debate Picks up Steam…	Wendy Wigen, EDUCAUSE	09/28/2009	26
EDUCAUSE and Internet2 Applaud Obama, FCC Stance on Net Neutrality	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	09/22/2009	107
Net Neutrality	Wendy Wigen, EDUCAUSE	09/22/2009	17
Net Neutrality Redux?	Wendy Wigen, EDUCAUSE	08/04/2009	89
April 8, 2009: FCC Notice of Inquiry on Development of National Broadband Plan	Rodney J. Petersen, EDUCAUSE	06/25/2009	120
Fifth Annual Broadband Summit	Wendy Wigen, EDUCAUSE	06/24/2009	80
Top Threats to the Internet	Steven Worona, EDUCAUSE	03/24/2009	576
FCC Votes Against Comcast in a 3-2 Decision	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	08/01/2008	139
EDUCAUSE Releases Statement on Unprecedented FCC Net Neutrality Ruling	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	08/01/2008	394
EDUCAUSE Releases Statement on FCC Vote Against Comcast	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	08/01/2008	141
FCC Votes on the Comcast/BitTorrent Issue Tomorrow, and EDUCAUSE Enters the Fray	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	07/31/2008	456
Tune in March 7 for a Free Web Seminar on U.S. Internet Access Policy	Peggy Kurkowski, EDUCAUSE	02/29/2008	441
Net Neutrality is far from Dead	Wendy Wigen, EDUCAUSE	09/10/2007	3,631
The Human 'Education' Network	Jeff VanDrimmelen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	01/29/2007	3,539
EDUCAUSE and Internet2 Support Bi-Partisan Legislation to Protect the Open Internet	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	01/10/2007	3,443
Strong Copyright + DRM + Weak Net Neutrality = Digital Dystopia? Postprint	Charles W. Bailey, Jr., University of Houston	10/09/2006	2,095
Higher Education Associations Object to Pending Telecomm Law	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	09/14/2006	3,742
COPE Act Undermines the Internet	Elisa Coghlan, University of Washington	06/09/2006	4,524
Time for Higher Education to Be Heard on Net Neutrality!	Garret Sern, EDUCAUSE	05/24/2006	4,042
Voice Your Support for Net Neutrality Legislation	Elisa Coghlan, University of Washington	05/24/2006	4,491

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