Session
Organizer 1: Rachael Stelly, Computer & Communications Industry Association
Speaker 1: Rachael Stelly, Private Sector, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Speaker 2: Chris Buckridge, Technical Community, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Speaker 3: Kyung Sin Park, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group
Speaker 4: Alissa Starzak, Private Sector, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Rachael Stelly, Private Sector, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Alexandre Roure, Private Sector, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Alexandre Roure, Private Sector, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Other - 90 Min
Format description: There will be short three to five minutes presentations made by the speakers will open the discussions and encourage contributions. 80 % of the time of the workshop will be allocated to open discussions. On spot and Online participants will be encouraged to present their views and possible solutions.
There will be a ratio of ½ between time allocated for interventions of online participants and time allocated to on site participants. There will be a close communication between the online moderator and the on spot moderator. The online moderator proposed for the workshop is experienced and undertook similar positions in other workshops.
(1) Are there implications for net neutrality with the adoption of a sending-party-pays internet model that would effectively charge delivery of certain data?
(2) How do these proposals diverge from longstanding practices that have led to competitive telecommunications markets?
(3) Would a sender party pay model increase telecommunications infrastructure investment, or are there other options that would address the alleged concern of Internet traffic demand?
Connection with previous Messages:
9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Targets: The Internet has served as a catalyst for economic growth, provided a tool for global freedom of expression, and has fostered innovation across industries. Departures from longstanding net neutrality principles that discriminate against certain traffic undermine the future of the Internet. Threats to disrupt the underlying infrastructure that enables a free and open Internet should be discouraged.
Description:
The Internet is based on a network of independent networks, with users being the ones to request content. Traditionally, network operators have had the freedom to enter into voluntary inter-networking arrangements to manage traffic to better serve their users. However, this model is being challenged by at least one country and has gained traction in recent months to expand into different regimes.
The Republic of Korea has proposed legislation that further regulates interconnection agreements and introduces payment obligations to local telecommunications firms. European and Australian telecommunications providers are latching onto this, trying to introduce mandatory rules around these particular interconnection business arrangements between telecom operators and Internet services providers.
This panel will look at how interconnection policy has worked since the early days of the Internet, why some have called for new approaches, and whether these changes would ultimately result in more access and competitive markets, or pose a threat to the global Internet architecture.
(1) Bring facts to the emerging debate around the revival of the sending party pays in various jurisdictions across the world.
(2) Shed light on the commercial, technical, and consumer implications if the sender party pay principle were to apply to global internet traffic distribution
Hybrid Format: There will be short three to five minutes presentations made by the speakers will open the discussions and encourage contributions. 80 % of the time of the workshop will be allocated to open discussions. On spot and Online participants will be encouraged to present their views and possible solutions.
There will be a ratio of ½ between time allocated for interventions of online participants and time allocated to on site participants. There will be a close communication between the online moderator and the on spot moderator. The online moderator proposed for the workshop is experienced and undertook similar positions in other workshops.
Usage of IGF Official Tool.