網路中立性與我國寬頻政策之探討 ― 由臺北高等行政法院九十九年度訴字第一六五四號判決談起 Network Neutrality and Broadband Policy in Taiwan ― Comment on Decision of Taipei High Administrative Court Su-Tzu No. 99-1654

• Main Authors: 葉志良 Chih-Liang Yeh, 陳志宇 Chih-Yu Chen
• Format: Article
• Language: zho
• Published: National Chiao Tung University 2012-06-01
• Series: Kējì Fǎxué Pínglùn
• Subjects: 網路中立性; 差別待遇; 數位匯流; 寬頻網路; 資訊透明; Network Neutrality; Digital Convergence; Discrimination; Broadband; Transparency
• Online Access: http://www-old.itl.nctu.edu.tw/tlr_n/papers/ch_paper/9_1/9_1_4.pdf

網路中立性是探討網路服務業者進行差別待遇的議題，在美國與歐盟分別引發不同的討論。我國行政法院的判決本為解決國家通訊傳播委員會（NCC）是否有權審核電信業者陳報費率以外的事項，然NCC 在本案主張中華電信的費率附加條件違反網路中立性原則，同時在寬頻服務中僅有20M／2M 之速率服務有傳輸上限之條款，亦違電信公平提供服務原則。以上爭點雖並非直接與網路中立性之原則相關，但卻與歐盟、美國在處理網路中立性議題的歷程中所關注的資訊透明化以及無差別待遇等有所關連。美國與歐盟在網路中立性議題上的態度差異甚大：歐盟傾向將網路中立性的爭議以市場競爭的角度處理，仍在2009 年的指令修訂中增列透明度的義務，強化充分的資訊揭露；美國雖傾向制訂網路中立性的管制規範，卻也在新的法規命令中增列透明度的要求。綜合美國與歐盟的發展，對電信業者營運透明度揭露是兩者共同的方向，更為透明的資訊揭露將可促進市場競爭。我國並無直接的網路中立性規範，係因高度管制的市場使本議題重要性並不明顯。借鏡美歐經驗，以資訊透明度促進市場競爭，對我國寬頻服務市場之發展將更為有益。 Network neutrality is the issue about how the Internet service providers discriminate their services, and this issue has raised in-depth discussion in the United States and the European Union. In a recent court decision in Taiwan, the court aimed to clarify whether the National Communications Commission (NCC) is empowered to review the matters outside the scope of rate plans. In this case, the NCC claimed that the additional condition is not only against the principle of network neutrality, but the condition with maximum transmission limit is also against the principle of fair offerings of telecommunication services. Although the court decision is not directly relevant to the network neutrality principle, there are certain connections with network neutrality issue developed in the EU and the US regarding the transparency and nondiscrimination. The EU is inclined to discuss the issue from the angle of market competition, and it even adds the obligations of transparency to its latest revisions to the directive in 2009. The US tends to regulate the Internet through the network neutrality regulation, but it also adds the transparency requirement to the new regulation. Both the US and the EU believe that the transparency and nondiscrimination are the critical solutions to the network neutrality issue, and that the more transparent in disclosing the network management information, the more market competitive effects can be achieved. Probably the network neutrality regulation is not necessary in Taiwan; rather, we just need more competition in our broadband market.