Our paper "Net neutrality: A progress report" is in the second most cited article published in „Telecommunications Policy“ in the period from January 2014 to July 2016. This paper is intended as an introduction to the debate on net neutrality and as a progress report on the growing body of academic literature on this issue and it gives an outlook on future fields of research. After the article has been published in 2013 a law concerning net neutrality has been passed throughout europe on November 26, 2015 (EU regulation 2015/2120). The law came into force in all Member States on April 1, 2016. You can download the article free of charge here: (http://communications.elsevier.com/r/?id=h3d2817b5,14cb6f04,14cb6f08&p1=dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2012.08.005)
Abstract:
This paper is intended as an introduction to the debate on net neutrality and as a progress report on the growing body of academic literature on this issue. Different non-net neutrality scenarios are discussed and structured along the two dimensions of network and pricing regime. With this approach, the consensus on the benefits of a deviation from the status quo as well as the concerns that are unique to certain non-net neutrality scenarios can be identified. Moreover, a framework for policy decisions is derived and it is discussed how the concept of neutrality extends to other parts of the Internet ecosystem.