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Net Neutrality and Competition Scott Wallsten Senior Fellow Director, Communications Policy Studies Progress & Freedom Foundation swallsten@pff.org scott@wallsten.net
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The Internet Multi-sided market merchantsconsumers
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Multi-sided market + network effects ConsumersContent The Internet
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Mandatory net neutrality = price regulation
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Market failure? Optimal pricing unknown. Innovation in content and infrastructure.
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Anticompetitive discrimination? Not in providers’ interests. Not with adequate competition. Antitrust, not regulatory, issue.
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Effects on consumers? If infrastructure charges content providers… consumer prices DECREASE! In a two-sided market, if prices increase for one side they decrease for the other.
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COMPETITION
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Optimal pricing unknown Content AND infrastructure important Net neutrality = price regulation Focus on competition Conclusions
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