[DOWNLOAD] "Derailed by the D.C. Circuit: Getting Network Management Regulation Back on Track." by Federal Communications Law Journal # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Derailed by the D.C. Circuit: Getting Network Management Regulation Back on Track.
- Author : Federal Communications Law Journal
- Release Date : January 01, 2010
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 325 KB
Description
I. INTRODUCTION Over the last two decades, the Internet has become one of the world's most popular and valuable tools. In fact, over the last nine years alone, the percentage of American adults using the Internet has increased over twenty-five percent--from fifty-three percent in 2000 to seventy-nine percent in 2009. (1) Because Americans have become increasingly reliant on the Internet in the course of their daily lives, the need for Internet regulation has become a topic of public debate. (2) Growing concerns about how Internet service providers (ISPs) manage network traffic have fueled this already-heated debate. (3) While policymakers have remained reluctant to formally regulate the Internet, actions taken in recent years have indicated a shift in this policy--a sign that the days of a largely unregulated Internet may be coming to an end.