Program on Law & Technology @ Columbia University School of Law

Keeping the Internet Neutral?: Christopher S. Yoo and Timothy Wu Debate

by Tim Wu and Christopher S. Yoo

Abstract

Network neutrality has emerged as one of the highest profile issues in telecommunications and Internet policy last year. Not only did it play a pivotal role in both houses of Congress during debates over proposed communications reform legislation; it also emerged as a key consideration during the Federal Communications Commission consideration of the recent SBC-AT&T, Verizon-MCI, and AT&T-BellSouth mergers. In the following exchange, Professors Christopher Yoo and Tim Wu engage in a lively debate over the merits of network neutrality that reviews the leading arguments on both sides of the issue.