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The network neutrality debate has been raging worldwide for around fifteen years now. Our goal in this paper is to model and discuss a quite recent option which could be seen as a trade-off between neutrality and differentiation operated by Internet service providers (ISPs), and satisfy both ends of the world: differentiation potentially chosen by end users. By using a model from the literature, we compare the outcomes of three scenarios: neutrality, non-neutrality with differentiation decided by ISPs, and non-neutrality decided by users. We illustrate that, depending on network parameters, letting end users decide may end up as a fair and viable solution, and that non-neutrality imposed by ISPs is not necessarily bad for all actors.
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Kieffer, A., Maillé, P., Tuffin, B. (2021). Non-neutrality with Users Deciding Differentiation: A Satisfying Option?. In: Calzarossa, M.C., Gelenbe, E., Grochla, K., Lent, R., Czachórski, T. (eds) Modelling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems. MASCOTS 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12527. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68110-4_8
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