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
CSD4531	Good Fences Make Bad Broadband John Windhausen, Jr. Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	2,099
CSD4556	Substrate neutrality Susan Crawford Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	1,989
CSD4591	An Internet for the few or the many? Stefanie Olsen and Anne Broache Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	2,263
CSD4684	Strong Copyright + DRM + Weak Net Neutrality = Digital Dystopia? Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	1,808
CSD4750	AT&T Offers More for BellSouth Deal Approval Reuters Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	1,561
CSD4758	Net Neutrality Proposal Revived in Senate Anne Broache Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2007	1,505
CSD4770	Industry Officials Split On Prospects For Telecom Bill In New Congress Andrew Noyes Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2007	1,393
CSD4833	Berners-Lee Gets Technical on The Hill Roy Mark Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2007	1,694
CSD4854	The Debate on Net Neutrality: A Policy Perspective Hsing Kenneth Cheng, Subhajyoti Bandyopadhyay, Hong Guo Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2007	1,768
EPO0611	Gary Bachula Testimony on Net Neutrality Internet 2 Government Documents, Laws, Testimonies or Reports	EDUCAUSE Policy Office	01/01/2006	2,958
CSD4386	Internet Freedom Seen at Risk Jeffry Bartash Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	2,113
CSD4388	Net Neutrality Round-Up Bruce Stewart Blogs	Community Recommendation	01/01/2005	2,279
CSD4401	Network Neutrality: The Story and the Non-Story Kevin Werbach Blogs	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	2,042
CSD4429	State of the Net Conference 2006 Various Speakers Interviews/Podcasts/Videos	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	2,089
CSD4430	Net Losses James Surowiecki Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	2,206
CSD4432	The Broadband War of 2006 Justin Fox Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	2,171
CSD4438	Senate Ponders Policing of Net Neutrality Offenses Anne Broache Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	1,849
CSD4450	Senator Offers Net Neutrality Compromise Reuters Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	1,607
CSD4475	Google Says Bill Could Spark Antitrust Fight Reuters Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	1,581
CSD4479	How Washington will shape the Internet Michael Rogers Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	1,978
CSD4490	Technologists Square Off on Net Neutrality Anne Broache Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	1,513
CSD4518	Telcos Playing with Fire Ed Hurst Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	2,217
CSD4519	Beware the Double Definitions of 'Network Neutrality' Sonia Arrison Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	2,084
CSD4521	Network Neutrality: The "Value Added" Myth Blogs	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	2,048
CSD4523	Why The Net Should Stay Neutral Bill Thompson Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	2,044

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	376
LIVE085	U.S. Internet Access Policy Susan Crawford Presentations/Speeches	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	03/07/2008	650
LIVE081	What Price Insularity? Reflections About Computer Security Failings Fred B. Schneider Presentations/Speeches	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	01/04/2008	267
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	2,454
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	3,044
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	2,241
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)	3,544	06/26/2007
An Interview with Tim Lorang Play \| Show Notes \| Download (7.16 MB audio/mpeg)	4,455	12/18/2006
An Interview with Ken Udas Play \| Show Notes \| Download (11.29 MB audio/mpeg)	3,510	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)	4,837	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	23
EDUCAUSE, ACUTA, and Internet2 Send Open Letter to FCC Chairman Genachowski	Lisa Gesner, EDUCAUSE	10/21/2009	54
Net Neutrality and Managed Services: Your Expertise is Needed!	Wendy Wigen, EDUCAUSE	10/14/2009	15
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	108
Net Neutrality	Wendy Wigen, EDUCAUSE	09/22/2009	18
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	125
Fifth Annual Broadband Summit	Wendy Wigen, EDUCAUSE	06/24/2009	81
Top Threats to the Internet	Steven Worona, EDUCAUSE	03/24/2009	597
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	442
Net Neutrality is far from Dead	Wendy Wigen, EDUCAUSE	09/10/2007	3,632
The Human 'Education' Network	Jeff VanDrimmelen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	01/29/2007	3,542
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	2,097
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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