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Network Neutrality: The Case of Five South American Countries

Abstract:

There is an ongoing debate on the principles of Network Neutrality in many countries where have been implemented and refers to the concerns that Internet service providers could discriminate (block or prioritizes) against other providers (content, services, or applications), and how to design the regulation to avoid it. In the last years, policymakers in South America have grappled with the design process to implement laws that could protect the Internet as an open environment, ensure access and quality for users. The objective of this work is to present an overview of the Network Neutrality policies progress in five South American countries using a qualitative empirical approach and highlight the incorporated issues that make them ambiguous for effective enforcement.