Columbia Law Professor Tim Wu has written a throrough analysis of AT&T’s Net Neutrality concession. The deal, struck as a condition of the $85 billion merger between AT&T and BellSouth, may be remembered as “an important moment in Internet history,” Wu writes.

Read Professor Wu’s Analysis of the merger

Public interest advocates negotiated the agreement with a purpose: to prevent the Internet from moving from being “lively” and “decentralized” toward “much more centralized control.”

Wu writes: “At a level of theory, the language in the agreement is premised on a belief in the merits of a neutral network, and in particular its cultural, political, and economic benefits. The preservation of an open communications network as a catalyst for these sectors, without unfairly restricting AT&T’s business, appears to be the motivating force.”

Read Professor Wu’s full analysis.

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