Network Neutrality And Tiered Broadband Services
David P. McClure, The US Internet Industry Association
February 5, 2006

• Network Neutrality is a solution in search of a problem.
• Consumers have not been harmed, so no regulation should be implemented.

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The Economics Of Product Line Restrictions With An Application To The Network Neutrality Debate
Benjamin Hermalin and Michael Katz, Competition Policy Center, Institute Of Business And Economic Research, University Of California, Berkeley
2006

• The study addresses the net neutrality call for limits to levels of service available by providers.
• These restrictions can harm consumer’s ability to purchase the service that best fits their needs.

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Network Neutrality-Phantom Problem, Unintended Consequences
US Internet Industry Association
March 14, 2006

• Legislating network neutrality will destroy advances made in broadband and broadband technologies, and could serve to permanently cripple America’s ability to compete in the global economy.
• Do not regulate a problem that does not exist.

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The Economics Of Net Neutrality
Robert Hahn and Scott Wallsten
AEI-Brookings Joint Center For Regulatory Studies
April 2006

• Mandating net neutrality would be likely to reduce economic welfare. Instead, the government should create competition in the broadband market by liberalizing more spectrum and reducing entry barriers created by certain local regulations.
  Hands off the internet is a good policy.

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Costs Of Neutral Unmanaged IP Networks
Richard N. Clarke
May 2006

• A model of pure neutrality would be extremely expensive for the typical consumer.
• Regulations will increase the average users’ cost for internet access.

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A Legal Perspective On Net Neutrality- Existing Remedies And Lack Of Ripeness Makes Regulation Perilous
Christopher Wolf
May 2006

• Net Neutrality restrictions are unnecessary because remedies are already in place for discriminatory conduct.
• Creating a new regulatory regime will is ill-advised, especially given the historically unsuccessful Congressional attempts to use the law as a “blunt instrument” to regulate parts of the Internet.

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The Efficiency Risk Of Net Neutrality Rules
George S. Ford, PhD, Thomas M. Koutsky, Esq. and Lawrence J. Spiwak, Esq., The Phoenix Center For Advanced Legal And Economic Public Policy Studies
May 2006

• Network Neutrality proposals risk significant consumer and social welfare harm because of the loss in efficiency by preventing network investments.

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Network Neutrality And The Economics Of Congestion
Christopher Yoo, Georgetown Law Journal
June 2006

• Exclusivity arrangements may in fact promote consumer welfare in ways that are often overlooked.
• Net Neutrality regulations will cause more problems than it attempts to resolve.

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Broadband Regulation, Will Congress Neuter The Net
James Gattuso, The Heritage Foundation
June 2, 2006

• Proposed network neutrality rules would impose comprehensive, unnecessary, and harmful mandates on broadband networks.
• Today’s broadband market is competitive, there is little or no evidence of market abuse by network owners.

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Consumer Welfare, Capital Formation And Net Neutrality
Darby Associates & The American Consumer Institute
June 6, 2006

• Consumers are better served with no regulation of broadband.
• Investments in the next generation of broadband is costly, and regulations would impact the incentive for companies to continue their necessary investments.

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