Re: Net Neutrality: A Radical Form of Non-Discrimination by Hal Singer

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dennis Allison [drallison () gmail com]
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 4:16 PM
To: David Farber; Bob Frankston
Subject: Re: [IP] Net Neutrality: A Radical Form of Non-Discrimination by Hal Singer

For IP if you deem appropriate.  From the "know your sources" desk:


June 24-27, 2008
Crandall and Singer To Speak at the International Telecommunications Society (ITS) Biennial Conference in Montreal, 
Canada

Criterion economists Robert W. Crandall and Hal J. Singer are invited speakers at the upcoming ITS Biennial Conference 
in Montreal. The theme of this year's conference is "The Changing Structure of the Telecommunications Industry and the 
New Role of Regulation." On June 26, Dr. Singer will present a paper at a session entitled "Regulation, the Internet 
and Network Neutrality." On June 27, Dr. Crandall will serve as a panelist at a session entitled "Regulatory analysts' 
perspectives on future issues.

Editorial Comment:  This conference is co-sponsored by Criterion Economics.

The paper, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1001480, 
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1001480> appears in a jounal, Regulation, that appears to be 
associated with the Cato Institute, http://www.regulationmagazine.org<http://www.regulationmagazine.org/>.  The Cato 
Institute is a non-profit think tank with strong libertarian leanings, headquartered in Washington, D.C. Cato states 
that it favours policies "that are consistent with the traditional American principles of limited government, 
individual liberty, and peace."

Mr. Singer's Criterion Economics bio states:

HAL J. SINGER, President

Hal J. Singer is President of Criterion Economics. His economic areas of expertise are antitrust, industrial 
organization, and damages. He has applied these skills to several industries, including health care, insurance, the 
Internet, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, transportation, and video programming.

The International Telecommunications Society<http://www.itsworld.org> is:

The International Telecommunications Society (ITS) is an association of professionals in the information, 
communications, and technology sectors. ITS is an independent, non-aligned and not-for-profit organization with a 
worldwide network of about 400 members. ... The organization places particular emphasis on the interrelationships among 
socioeconomic, technological, legal, regulatory, competitive, organizational, policy, and ethical dimensions of the 
issues it addresses.


























On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 7:06 AM, David Farber <dave () farber net<mailto:dave () farber net>> wrote:

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1001480

"Net neutrality represents the prohibition of any contracting for enhanced service or guaranteed quality of service 
(QoS) between a broadband service provider and an Internet content provider. Such a prohibition would unwind existing 
contracts for QoS between broadband service providers and content providers. The anticompetitive harms that would be 
allegedly spared from such a prohibition pale in comparison to the efficiencies made possible by such contracting."
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