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see Brett M. Frischmann & Barbara van Schewick, Network Neutrality and
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Is Misplaced, in NET NEUTRALITY OR NET NEUTERING: SHOULD BROADBAND INTERNET
SERVICES BE REGULATED 195 (Thomas M. Lenard & Randolph J. May eds., 2006);
Barbara van Schewick, Towards an Economic Framework for Network Neutrality Regulation,
5 J. TELECOMM. & HIGH TECH. L. 329, 368–77 (2007) (noting the existence of
switching costs and other factors).
10. Skype has petitioned the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to require mobile
phone network providers to allow the use of Skype—and any other application chosen
by the user—over their networks. Petition to Confirm a Consumer’s Right to Use Internet
Communications Software and Attach Devices to Wireless Networks, in the
Matter of Skype Communications, FCC Petition RM-11361 (2007), available at http:
//svartifoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cginative_or_pdfpdf&id_document
6518909730.
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REGISTER, Jan. 18, 2007, available at http://www.theregister.com/2007/01/18/
kahn_net_neutrality_warning; Video: An Evening with Robert Kahn, http://archive
.computerhistory.org/lectures/an_evening_with_robert_kahn.lecture.2007.01.09.wmv
(last visited Nov. 30, 2007); see also David Farber & Michael Katz, Editorial, Hold Off on
Net Neutrality, WASH. POST, Jan. 19, 2007, at A19; Adam D. Thierer, “Net Neutrality”:
Digital Discrimination or Regulatory Gamesmanship in Cyberspace, at 17–19 (CATO
Policy Analysis No. 507, 2004), http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa507.pdf; Robert
Pepper, Network Neutrality: Avoiding a Net Loss, TECHNEWSWORLD, Mar. 14, 2007,
available at http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Ii1IJ10PgRjmkt/Network-Neutrality-Avoiding-a-Net-Loss.xhtml;
Christopher Yoo, Beyond Network Neutrality, 19
HARV. J.L. &TECH. 1 (2005), available at http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/articles/pdf/
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12. See Declan McCullagh, FAQ: Wi-Fi Mooching and the Law, CNET NEWS.COM, July 8,
2005, http://news.com.com/FAQWi-Fimoochingandthelaw/2100-7351_3-
5778822.html; Paul Festa, Free Wireless Net Access for the Masses, CNET NEWS.COM, Sept.
26, 2001, http://news.com.com/FreewirelessNetaccessforthemasses/
2100-1033_3-273516.html; EFF Wireless-Friendly ISP List, http://www.eff.org/
Infrastructure/Wireless_cellular_radio/wireless_friendly_isp_list.html (last visited May
15, 2007).