The right to an «open and robust high-speed internet»
dc.contributor.author | Gutiérrez David, María Estrella | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2025-01-13T12:13:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2025-01-13T12:13:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-05 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper explores the existing debate on the open Internet after the recent rules in this matter released by the US Federal Communications Commission in 12 March 2015. In doing so, it will be analysed how its underlying principle of net neutrality operates, how it has been endorsed by international and national legislation —specially, in Europe and the United States— and how traffic management practices by broadband providers may have implications on end users Internet experience. In this sense, deviations from net neutrality may have a serious impact not only on market competition and consumers, but also on fundamental rights, especially freedom of expression and privacy. For this later reason, this paper raises the question of whether the access to the infrastructure should be granted as a citizen right itself, the nature and scope of such a right and the public service value underlying the open Internet. | |
dc.description.abstract | Este trabajo aborda el debate suscitado sobre «Internet abierto» tras la aprobación por la Comisión Federal de las Comunicaciones americana de la Open Internet Order el 12 de marzo de 2015. Para ello, se analizará cómo opera su principio subyacente de neutralidad de la red, cómo ha sido recogido por la legislación nacional e internacional —especialmente en Europa y en Estados Unidos— y cómo las prácticas de gestión del tráfico en Internet aplicadas por los proveedores de banda ancha pueden tener implicaciones en la experiencia de los usuarios finales en el acceso a la red. En este sentido, las desviaciones del principio de neutralidad tecnológica pueden tener graves impactos no sólo en la competencia del mercado o en la protección de los consumidores, sino también en los derechos fundamentales, especialmente la libertad de expresión o la privacidad. Por esta última razón, este trabajo plantea la cuestión de si el acceso a la infraestructura debería considerarse como un derecho del ciudadano en sí mismo, cuál debiera ser la naturaleza y ámbito de tal derecho y el valor de servicio público subyacente en el Internet abierto. | |
dc.description.department | Sección Deptal. de Derecho Constitucional (Ciencias de la Información) | |
dc.description.faculty | Fac. de Ciencias de la Información | |
dc.description.refereed | TRUE | |
dc.description.status | pub | |
dc.identifier.citation | Gutiérrez-David, M E. El derecho a un Internet «abierto, robusto y de alta velocidad». Revista europea de derechos fundamentales. 2015; (25): 435-73. Disponible en https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/5265031.pdf | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1699-1524 | |
dc.identifier.relatedurl | https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/5265031.pdf | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/113942 | |
dc.issue.number | 25 | |
dc.journal.title | Revista europea de derechos fundamentales | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.page.final | 473 | |
dc.page.initial | 435 | |
dc.publisher | Comares | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | en |
dc.rights.accessRights | open access | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
dc.subject.cdu | 342.7 | |
dc.subject.cdu | 342.727 | |
dc.subject.cdu | 342.72/.73 | |
dc.subject.cdu | 342.738 | |
dc.subject.cdu | 340.5 | |
dc.subject.keyword | open internet | |
dc.subject.keyword | internet abierto | |
dc.subject.keyword | net neutrality | |
dc.subject.keyword | traffic management | |
dc.subject.keyword | two-speed internet | |
dc.subject.keyword | freedom of expression | |
dc.subject.keyword | privacy | |
dc.subject.keyword | fundamental rights | |
dc.subject.keyword | neutralidad en la red | |
dc.subject.keyword | gestión del tráfico en la red | |
dc.subject.keyword | internet a dos velocidades | |
dc.subject.keyword | libertad de expresión | |
dc.subject.keyword | privacidad | |
dc.subject.keyword | derechos fundamentales | |
dc.subject.ucm | Derecho constitucional | |
dc.subject.ucm | Derecho administrativo | |
dc.subject.ucm | Derecho comparado | |
dc.subject.unesco | 5605.04 Derecho Constitucional | |
dc.subject.unesco | 5605.01 Derecho Administrativo | |
dc.subject.unesco | 5602.02 Derecho Comparado | |
dc.title | The right to an «open and robust high-speed internet» | |
dc.title | El derecho a un Internet "abierto, robusto y de alta velocidad" | |
dc.type | journal article | |
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- This paper explores the existing debate on the open Internet after the recent rules in this matter released by the US Federal Communications Commission in 12 March 2015. In doing so, it will be analysed how its underlying principle of net neutrality operates, how it has been endorsed by international and national legislation —specially, in Europe and the United States— and how traffic management practices by broadband providers may have implications on end users Internet experience. In order to deepen the implications of net neutrality for the future of an open and decentralised Internet —as we know it today, and most importantly, as an environment where fundamental rights can be exercised— this paper has conducted a threefold approach: technical, market and human rights-oriented. First it is necessary to understand the technical meaning an «open and decentralised Internet». For this reason this paper analyses the architectural principles which constitute the fundamentals of the Internet «as we know it», namely, the end-to-end and the net neutrality principles. Secondly, it will be examined the current debate on net neutrality to better understand to which extent certain practices run by broadband providers when managing Internet traffic may constitute deviations of the net neutrality resulting in serious harms to end users and market competition. In doing so, references to judicial cases and investigations conducted by regulatory authorities (FCC in the US and BEREC in the EU) will be referred in order to evidence how deviations of net neutrality put at risk the open Internet. To address potential deviations, the European Union and the United States have undertaken a market-oriented regulatory approach whose main guidelines will be analysed in this paper. Finally, it must be beard in mind that the degree of protection of net neutrality has social and civic implications. From its inception, US Courts first and the ECHR later have recognised the role of the Internet as a public forum where free speech rights and other fundamental rights need to be protected and guaranteed. In this sense, deviations from net neutrality may have a serious impact not only on market competition and consumers, but also on fundamental rights, especially freedom of expression and privacy. For this reason, this paper shall explore also the public service and democratic values underlying the net neutrality principle, along with its human rights-oriented dimension. More specifically, this paper raises the question of whether the access to the infrastructure should be granted as a citizen right itself, and if so, what the nature and scope of such a right would be.