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 and traffic quality differentiation is contrary to...

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 and traffic quality differentiation is contrary...

In the U.S. paying for priority arrangements between Internet access service providers and Internet application providers to favor some traffic over other traffic is considered unreasonable discrimination. In Europe the focus is on minimum traffic quality requirements. It can be shown that...