Title :
A Comparison of network neutrality debates between US and South Korea
Author_Institution :
Dept. of MIS, Hankuk Univ. of Foreign Studies, Seoul
Abstract :
The era of convergence in voice, video, and data is causing a structural change in the broadband service market. Network neutrality is in the center of conflicts due to the nature of the facility-based ISP industry competition. The study comparatively examined the issues of highest debates in the US and South Korea. Main findings in the study explain why such issues are more critical in each country. It concludes that regulators need to understand the existing industry structure to attain the policy goals effectively.
Keywords :
Internet; Internet; facility-based ISP industry competition; network neutrality; Convergence; Law; Legal factors; Legislation; Network neutrality; Quality of service; Regulators; Rivers; Telecommunication traffic; Web and internet services; Network neutrality; SMP; broadband; industry structure; vertical integration;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Communication Technology, 2009. ICACT 2009. 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Phoenix Park
Print_ISBN :
978-89-5519-138-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1738-9445