User and ISP Rights of Device Attachment and Device Management

  • Authors:
  • Scott Jordan;Gwen Shaffer

  • Affiliations:
  • University of California, Irvine;California State University, Long Beach

  • Venue:
  • ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (TOIT)
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

Internet research often assumes users may connect devices without consent by their service providers. However, in many networks the service provider only allows use of devices obtained directly from the provider. We review how United States communications law addresses the rights of users to connect devices of their choice. We explicate a set of user and service provider rights. We propose legal requirements for attachment and management of devices. We illustrate how these proposed regulations would affect the services currently offered on telephone, cable, satellite, video networks, and cellular networks, as well as on the Internet.