Asymmetry and discrimination in Internet peering: evidence from the LINX

D'Ignazio, Alessio and Emanuele Giovannetti ()

International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2009, vol. 27, issue 3, pages 441-448

Abstract: Is the quality of interconnection between Internet operators affected by their asymmetry? While recent game theoretic literature provides contrasting answers to this question, there is a lack of empirical research. We introduce a novel dataset based on Internet routing policies, and study the interconnection decisions amongst the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) that are members of the London Internet Exchange Point (LINX). Our results show that interconnection quality degradation can be significantly explained by asymmetry between providers. We also show that Competition Authorities should also focus on the "centrality of an operator", and not only on its market share.

Keywords: Internet; peering; Two-sided; markets; Network; industries; Antitrust; Net; neutrality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009

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