# In an op-ed, Professor Nicholas Economides argues that net neutrality spurs innovation and benefits society

1 Faculty News December 13, 2015 ![Fortune logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031172.jpg?itok=61CxYB-R)>

Excerpt from [Fortune](http://fortune.com/2015/12/13/net-neutrality-fcc-open-internet/) -- "Network neutrality has contributed very significantly to the fast and vigorous growth of the high technology sector in the US while ensuring a level playing field in competition. Hopefully the rules will be upheld by the Court of Appeals."

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