https://library.educause.edu/topics/policy-and-law/net-neutralityen{BED90CFA-1501-4CBF-9EF8-8AAF32854213}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2024/1/educause-comments-proposed-net-neutrality-rulesEDUCAUSE and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on December 14, 2023, regarding the FCC’s proposal to restore its 2015 net neutrality regulations. Thu, 11 Jan 2024 14:41:10 Z{4A212BCB-9BEC-45D3-B6A8-D20BB0906B64}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2020/2/educause-policy-videos-february-2020-federal-policy-updateThe EDUCAUSE Policy Team produced a pair of brief videos (approx. three minutes each) to update members on relevant federal policy issues as of February 2020. Mon, 17 Feb 2020 19:08:37 Z{E3459C71-9AEE-4EB1-A701-3FAA69AE027F}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2018/8/educause-comments-court-should-overturn-fccs-2017-net-neutrality-repealOn August 27, 2018, EDUCAUSE joined with the American Council on Education, the Association of Research Libraries, the American Library Association, and sixteen (16) other leading higher education and library associations to submit an amicus brief in the case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit concerning network neutrality. Tue, 28 Aug 2018 17:08:11 Z{00EBF5A3-9CA9-4BD9-8F33-4B5AE81296DF}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2017/8/educause-comments-higher-ed-submits-further-response-on-net-neutrality-changesOn August 30, 2017, a coalition of higher education leadership associations, including EDUCAUSE, submitted reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about its 2017 network neutrality rule-making. Thu, 31 Aug 2017 20:26:15 Z{D77F4700-F364-4082-841E-ED1EB0795D82}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2017/7/educause-comments-higher-ed-supports-maintaining-net-neutrality(July 18, 2017) EDUCAUSE joined several other higher education leadership associations, including the American Council on Education and the Association of Research Libraries, in responding to the 2017 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule-making on net neutrality (WC Docket Number 17-108, “Restoring Internet Freedom”).Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:39:52 Z{C7460005-1CF3-48A6-A263-726CB86F6AE8}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2017/4/educause-comments-relaunch-of-net-neutrality-principlesOn March 30, 2017, EDUCAUSE joined a number of other higher education and library associations to release an updated version of the net neutrality principles that the groups had originally issued in 2014. At the time of the principles’ initial release, the FCC was in the process of developing the current Open Internet Order, which established enforceable net neutrality rules consistent with the needs and interests of the higher education and library communities.Mon, 03 Apr 2017 21:48:15 Z{FACFB317-43B1-4388-9180-E7EB8840C811}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2014/10/2014-fcc-net-neutrality-rulemaking-higher-educationlibraries-reply-commentsIn July 2014, a coalition of higher education and library groups, including EDUCAUSE, submitted formal comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding its “open Internet” (network neutrality) notice of proposed rule-making.Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:36:11 Z{AC927377-61DF-4685-A40B-E30F4965ED74}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2014/7/higher-educationlibrary-response-2014-fcc-open-internet-network-neutrality-noticeofproposedrulemaking-nprmOn July 18, 2014, EDUCAUSE joined with other leading higher education and library organizations to submit formal comments in response to the 2014 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) NPRM entitled, “Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet” (GN Docket No.Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:36:32 Z{637FDA7C-DAAB-430B-BF5D-09DD13B201F7}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2014/7/higher-education-library-principles-to-preserve-network-neutralityTue, 22 Dec 2015 17:36:31 Z{6643A55A-002D-4106-98ED-DEF3A21AFEFC}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2012/6/network-neutrality-and-quality-of-service-what-a-nondiscrimination-rule-should-look-likeIn this paper, from the Center for Internet and Society, author Barbara van Schewick proposes a framework that policy makers and others can use to choose among different options for network neutrality rules and uses this framework to evaluate existing proposals for non-discrimination rules and the non-discrimination rule adopted by the FCC in its Open Internet Order.Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:33:21 Z{1403D51C-2535-44C0-81C6-098B228BE49E}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2011/10/letter-in-support-of-net-neutrality-october-14-2011 Letter sent to Leader Reid, Leader McConnell, Chairman Rockefeller, and Ranking Member Hutchison by the American Library Association (ALA), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and EDUCAUSE requesting opposition to "S.Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:29:39 Z{5E4C82EB-60CA-4B2B-AC94-78C0D21C6FA4}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2010/6/7-things-you-should-know-about-net-neutralityNet neutrality is the principle that broadband Internet providers will handle all network traffic in a nondiscriminatory manner.Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:24:24 Z{254FF721-558A-4E1D-B1F6-CD9C943EA0BA}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2010/5/the-third-way-a-narrowly-tailored-broadband-frameworkMany have asked about the FCC’s next steps in view of the recent decision in the Comcast case. The FCC Chairman describes a path forward, which will begin with seeking public comment on a post-Comcast legal foundation for the FCC’s approach to broadband communications services.Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:26:52 Z{6B2AA83F-29BF-4B38-B959-1966D32FC1C8}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2010/1/comments-of-the-association-of-research-libraries-educause-internet2-nysernet-and-acuta-in-the-matter-of-preserving-the-open-internet-broadband-industry-practicesThis is a joint filing (EDUCAUSE along with ARL, Internet2, ACUTA and NYSERNet) to the FCC in the Net Neutrality proceedings.Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:24:50 Z{51308E87-331F-4706-A6AC-07378BFC7A6F}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2008/1/fcc-wants-to-know-is-degrading-p2p-traffic-reasonable"As foreshadowed at the Consumer Electronics Show last week, federal regulators this week took the first formal step into investigating complaints about how Internet service providers, such as Comcast, manage peer-to-peer file-sharing traffic on their networks "Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:17:46 Z{3E27CB95-AB7B-4C17-9D17-AE60E5D2975E}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2007/11/group-puts-broadband-providers-on-net-neutrality-watchThe Net Neutrality Squad will keep an eye out for ISPs that interfere with the free flow of Internet traffic.Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:13:54 Z{6E7132B8-6D55-406D-ACFA-6EC351AD7A6E}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2007/11/verizon-overrides-internet-searches-with-its-own-results"Subscribers to Verizon's high-powered fiber-optic Internet service (FiOS) are reporting that when they mistype a Web site address, they get redirected to Verizon's own search engine page -- even if they don't have Verizon's search page set as their default.Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:16:39 Z{1E526BBB-C51C-497D-B5B6-DB075E4EF50F}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2007/10/comcast-blockage-of-bittorrent-101"According to an Oct. 19 article by the Associated Press, Comcast has been actively degrading andblocking BitTorrent traffic, amounting to "the most drastic example yet of data discrimination by a U.Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:12:58 Z{8C293391-5F81-43A0-901C-F21CE333FCD3}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2007/10/comcast-blocks-some-internet-trafficComcast has been blocking the sharing of certain files on their users network as a means of managing its network to keep file-sharing traffic from swallowing too much bandwidth and affecting the Internet speeds of other subscribers.Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:12:58 Z{E41DE8BA-C916-4A9E-83B1-3DDA9DB0E783}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2017/12/educause-comments-higher-ed-letter-challenges-fcc-net-neutrality-order) Throughout the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 2017 net neutrality rule-making process, EDUCAUSE has served as a central member of a higher education coalition working to preserve net neutrality. The December 2017 FCC order unfortunately eviscerates not just the net neutrality rules in place since 2015; it also abdicates any real role for the FCC in addressing net neutrality in favor of “transparency,” “market competition,” and anti-trust enforcement. Mon, 11 Dec 2017 20:50:44 Z