Network Neutrality Is About Money, Not Packets

The topic of network neutrality has occupied engineers, economists, and telecommunication lawyers since at least 2003. Network engineers often largely perceive this as yet another debate about quality-of-service, but this constitutes probably the least interesting part of the problem and has served more often to distract from other, more important, issues. Almost all network neutrality problems are rooted in economic incentives, and thus are likely to require approaches related to pricing and enhancing competition.