Network neutrality regulations for the Internet have been discussed for about a decade. In Europe recent efforts have … produced a proposal by the European Commission that envisages the introduction of a two-tiered Internet traffic regulation … based on a regulatory market split between the markets for 'public' Internet traffic services and the markets for …

In this paper, historical functionalities of the traditional Internet are contrasted with today's Internet … functionalities of the smart Internet architecture. It is shown that network neutrality regulation prohibiting congestion management … complementary Internet access service markets can be avoided. Regulation between access service providers and Internet application …

The focus of this paper is on those elements of the Internet periphery and Internet service provision which are … strongly based on telecommunications, in particular Internet access and Internet backbone. Access to the Internet requires a … connection between the Internet user and the interface to the Internet service provider (ISP). Several access technologies exist …