From the article: "A
new OECD report concludes that despite ongoing and future challenges,
the existing market model for the Internet has performed remarkably well,
boosting growth and competition and driving down prices for data to 100,000
times less than that of a one minute telephone call.
The report, entitled Internet Traffic Exchange Market Developments and Policy Challenges argues that governments should largely take a hands-off approach to regulating the Internet market.
The report, entitled Internet Traffic Exchange Market Developments and Policy Challenges argues that governments should largely take a hands-off approach to regulating the Internet market.
“If
a regulatory obligation to interconnect were to be established, then this
choice could be imposed unilaterally by one of the parties, which would
dramatically change the dynamics of the market. It is extremely unlikely that
the efficient outcomes produced so far would be maintained in this
environment,” writes the report’s authors Dennis Weller, Bill Woodcock." Read more
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