The New Network Neutrality: Criteria for Internet Freedom.

[Latest draft available at: www.saschameinrath.com/newnetworkneutrality.]

I've been getting a tremendous amount of positive feedback about a new paper on network neutrality, "The New Network Neutrality: Criteria for Internet Freedom," that my colleague, Victor Pickard, and I have been finishing up. We anticipate that this paper will be controversial since it lays down a strong case for going well beyond current conceptualizations of Network Neutrality. In a nutshell, the Meinrath & Pickard "New Network Neutrality" contains ten inter-related points for optimal (inter)networking:

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1. Requires Common Carriage.
2. Is Open Architecture and Supports Open Source Driver Development.
3. Is Open Protocol and Open Standard.
4. Supports an End-to-End Architecture (i.e., is composed of a dumb network).
5. Is Private (e.g., no back doors, deep packet inspection, etc.).
6. Is Application-Neutral.
7. Is Generally Low-Latency and First-In/First-Out (i.e., requires adequate capacity for both).
8. Is Interoperable.
9. Is Business Model Neutral.
10. Is Run by its Users (i.e., is internationally representative and
non-Amerocentric).

Victor and I will be integrating feedback and delivering the paper publicly at the upcoming Telecommunications Policy and Research Conference (TPRC) in DC at the end of September. If you'd like to find out more, feel free to drop me a line.