The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today issued its final report on whether to declare an Internet interconnection service concluding that Internet interconnection arrangements should not be regulated at this time.
Internet interconnection allows customers - business, residential or others - that are connected to one Internet network to send and receive emails, access websites and exchange information with users connected to other Internet networks. Internet interconnection also enables business and other consumers to make the content they store on the Internet accessible to other users.
The ACCC's decision confirms its earlier draft finding that a case has not been made for regulation at this stage, but that there are sufficient concerns to warrant the implementation of a rigorous but carefully targeted monitoring program.
The details of the monitoring regime are being developed, taking into account industry concerns about such a programme, and will be finalised early this year.
Links
- Final report (January 2005) - link removed as report is no longer available.