American Enterprise Institute

[Commentary] When it came to unreasonable discrimination, the Federal Communications Commission's paid prioritization ban was more restrictive than the obligations that Section 202 placed on the old Bell telephone monopoly. 

[Commentary] Cisco Systems Vice President Jeffrey Campbell highlighted that paid prioritization is “one of the most misunderstood issues” in the telecom policy space. There's a growing realization that prioritization can play a positive role in network traffic management. But to understand why, we need to get beyond the “fast lanes, slow lanes” metaphor that has too often dominated the net neutrality debate. All internet traffic on a network moves at the same speed — the speed at which the electrons propagate on the wire.