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1. New survey report published: The regulatory conditions of
internet interconnection (Uta Meier-Hahn)
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Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 14:11:29 +0100
From: Uta Meier-Hahn <[email protected]>
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Subject: [SANOG] New survey report published: The regulatory
conditions of internet interconnection
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Hi,
A couple of months ago, I asked you to share your experiences with regards to
public regulation of internet interconnection in a survey. Many networkers from
around the globe participated. Thank you!
The report has now been published. I?m including the executive summary below.
The full paper can be downloaded at
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2740312>. Feel free to
share this link wherever you see fit.
Thanks again for providing your highly valuable input. I will be happy to hear
what you think about the results.
Best wishes,
Uta
# Exploring the regulatory conditions of internet interconnection
## Executive summary
Network interconnection is a central feature of the internet that has been
subject to only little formal regulation. However, local public regulation is
starting to emerge ? be it through disclosure regulations, mandatory peering or
licensing terms. Due to the networked nature of the internet, local rules may
acquire a global scope.
This report explores internet interconnection professionals? encounters with
public regulation and it provides an initial overview about how this regulation
affects internet connectivity. On the basis of a convenience sample of 163
survey submissions, the following has been found:
* Nine out of ten kinds of regulation presented to the participants have been
encountered by more than half of them. This result gives reason to revisit the
widespread notion that internet interconnection is an unregulated space. 66% of
the participants have encountered a regulatory authority that imposes its own
technical or operational standards. Moreover, imposition of regulatory
standards was regarded to be the most influential on internet interconnection
practices, together with competition laws (both 67%).
* Local regulation of internet interconnection creates a tension between the
regulated and the unregulated space in the internet. In order to overcome the
normative difference, network operators need to make an extra effort. The
degree to which network operators are affected by local regulation depends on a
networks? structure rather than on its size. Local regulation raises more
difficulties for the kinds of infrastructural innovations that depend on having
many points of presence.
* For networkers, public regulation of internet interconnection is relevant in
three thematic domains: 1) in the economies of internet interconnection, 2) in
engineering and operations, and 3) in the modes of governance.
* Overarching observations note that public regulation of internet
interconnection contributes to a formalisation of the otherwise very informal
sector. It also shines a spotlight on how networks are categorised and are
thereby ?prepared? for the application of regulation. Further, various examples
highlight how regulatory authorities co-opt internet infrastructure for new
policy purposes that were previously not understood as central to internet
operations, e.g., data retention.
* Local networkers value the presence of international network operators not
only as potential peering partners but also as mediators for know-how about
best practices and advanced modes of internet interconnection.
* Networkers are very critical about regulations that contradict engineering
principles. The most accepted forms of regulation also apply in other societal
spheres: basic rights for citizens, e.g., for broadband, and competition
regulation.
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Uta Meier-Hahn | Doctoral Researcher
Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
Franz?sische Stra?e 9 | 10117 Berlin
Phone +49 30 200 760-82 | http://www.hiig.de/en
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