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2016:

C. Marsden, Case Studies in Implementing Net Neutrality: A Critical Analysis of Zero Rating, April 2016, Vol. 13, Issue 1, ScriptED, available at http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/59962/1/SCRIPTed-%20Zero%20rating_formattedCM.pdf(outlining BITAG’s reports to date).

2015:

V. Giotsas, G. Smaragdakis, B. Huffaker, M. Luckie, kc claffy, “Mapping Peering Interconnections to a Facility,” CoNEXT, Dec. 2015, available at http://conferences2.sigcomm.org/co-next/2015/img/papers/conext15-final233.pdf (citing to the Interconnection report).
FCC, Open Internet Order, 2015, available at https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-15-24A1.doc (Citing to BITAG reports twelve times, and to BITAG as a forum twice).
Srinivas Arukonda and Samta Sinha, “The Innocent Perpetrators: Reflectors and Reflection Attacks,” ACSIJ Advances in Computer Science: an International Journal, Vol. 4, Issue 1, No.13, January 2015 (Citing to the SNMP report).
C. Marsden, Case Studies in Implementing Net Neutrality: A Critical Analysis, Mar. 31, 2015, TPRC 43 conference paper, available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2587920 (outlining BITAG’s reports to date).
L. Belli, End-to-End, Net Neutrality and Human Rights, pp.13-29 in Net Neutrality Compendium, Nov. 2015, (citing to Port Blocking report).
I. Koukoutsidis, Public QoS and Net Neutrality Measurements: Current Status and Challenges Toward Exploitable Results, 2015, Journal of Information Policy Vol. 5, pp. 245-286 (citing the Port Blocking report), available at http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/jinfopoli.5.2015.0245.

2014:

Cogent, citing to BITAG Congestion Management report:

J. Brodkin, During Netflix money fight, Cogent’s other big customers suffered too, Nov. 5, 2014, ARSTECHNICA, http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/11/during-netflix-money-fight-cogents-other-big-customers-suffered-too/ (describing how cogent prioritized traffic, and describing how Cogent then “claimed” their prioritization was network management in accordance with the recommendations in BITAG’s Congestion Management Report).

D. Rayburn, http://blog.streamingmedia.com/2014/11/cogent-disregards-fcc-rules.html (describing same as ARSTECHNICA article).
Google groups discussion on measurement, where Cogent admitted to the prioritization and pointed to the BITAG report on Congestion -- https://groups.google.com/a/measurementlab.net/forum/#!topic/discuss/vcQnaZJO6nQ (includes discussion from others, as well as suggestion to make it a BITAG request).
https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r29691086-Interesting-little-Article-Cogent-admits-slowing-down-Netflix (discussion on Cogent admitting to prioritization and pointing to BITAG).

Level3, Blog post on Interconnection, Sept. 30, 2014, http://blog.level3.com/open-internet/not-neutrality/ (describing interconnection issues, then responding that they are indeed a member of BITAG).
Professional Information Security Association (PISA), PISA Journal Sep-2014, 2014, pp.25-27 (DDoS attacks section/article citing to BITAG SNMP Report).
ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee, SAC065, SSAC Advisory on DDoS Attacks Leveraging DNS Infrastructure, available at https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-065-en.pdf (citing to SNMP report 2x)
Z. Anwar & A.W. Malik, Can a DDoS Attack Meltdown My Data Center? A Simulation Study and Defense Strategies, July 2014, IEEE Communications Letters, v18 Issue 7 (citing to SNMP Report).
Kaio Rafael de Souza Barbosa, Gilbert B. Martins, Eduardo Souto, Eduardo Luzeiro Feitosa, Botnets: Caracteristicas e Metodos de Deteccao Atraves do Trafego de Rede, 2014, available at http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eduardo_Feitosa/publication/268278242 (Citing to SNMP report for ways to address DDoS botnet attacks).
James B. Speta, An Appropriate Interconnection Backstop, 12 Colo. Tech. L.J. 113 (2014) (Citing to BITAG as a forum, “Private institutions have a role to play as well, such as the consensus-developing role of the Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group ("BITAG")”).
Speta, James B, The United States’ Uncertain Approach to Network Neutrality, 7 J. of L. and Econ. Reg. 1, 2014, pp. 27-43 (citing to BITAG as a forum).
Cerf, Vinton G. and Ryan, Patrick S. and Senges, Max and Whitt, Richard S., A Perspective from the Private Sector: Ensuring that Forum Follows Function (August 29, 2014). in Beyond Netmundial: The Roadmap for Institutional Improvements to the Global Internet Governance Ecosystem (William J. Drake and Monroe Price, Eds). 2014; Center for Global Communication Studies, Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, Forthcoming, available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2489348

2013:

OFCOM, Report on the Implications of Carrier Grade Network Address Translators, 2013, available at http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/technology-research/2013/cgnat.pdf (citing to BITAG Large Scale NAT report).
L. Howard & K. Brooks, Assessing the Supply Curve in the IPv4 Address Market, 2013, http://www.wleecoyote.com/documents/IPv4-supply-analysis.pdf (citing to Large Scale NAT report).

European Council, Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDMSI), Protecting Human Rights through Network Neutrality: Furthering Internet Users’ Interest, Modernising Human Rights and Safegaurding the Open Internet, 2013 (citing to BITAG Port Blocking Report).

J. P. De Vries, L. Simic, A. Achtzehn, M. Petrova, P. Mahonen, “The Wi-Fi ‘congestion crisis’: Regulatory criteria for assessing spectrum congestion claims”, TPRC 2013, available at https://sites.google.com/site/jpdevries/publications (Citing to Congestion Management report, “As a rule of thumb, a network could be considered to be congested when the amount of data to be sent exceeds the capacity available; in the words of a recent engineering consensus, “congestion occurs when instantaneous demand exceeds capacity” (BITAG, 2013)”).
B. Szoka, FCC, Net Neutrality & Antitrust (March 31, 2013), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2242725 (citing to BITAG as a forum).
Hon. M.K. Ohlhausen, Net Neutrality vs. Net Reality: Why an Evidence-Based Approach to Enforcement, And Not More Regulation, Could Protect Innovation on the Web, Telecommunications & Electronic Media, 2013, https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/public_statements/telecommunications-electronic-media-net-neutrality-vs.net-reality-why-evidence-based-approach-enforcement-not-more-regulation-could-protect-innovation-web/140204ohlhausennetneutrality.pdf (citing to BITAG as a forum).
C. Marsden, Net Neutrality Law: Past Policy, Present Proposals, Future Regulation? (October 3, 2013). Proceedings of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum: Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality, Nusa Dua Bali, Indonesia, 25 October 2013, available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2335359 (citing to BITAG as a forum).
C. Marsden, Net Neutrality: Measuring the Problem, Assessing the Legal Risks (December 1, 2013). IBEI Working Papers 2013/42 Telefonica Chair Series, available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2509883 (citing to BITAG as a forum).
D. Sicker and B. Kim, Implementing an Open Internet: Republic of Korea and U.S. Perspectives and Motivations (March 31, 2013). TPRC 41: The 41st Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy, available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2242627 (citing to BITAG as a forum).
Connected Viewing: Selling, Streaming, & Sharing Media in the Digital Age, Jennifer Holt, Kevin Sanson, Eds. Routledge 2013 (book describing BITAG and its structure/processes).

2012:

M. Berejka, A Case for Government Promoted Multistakeholderism, 10 J. on Telecomm & High Tech. L. 1 (2012) (citing to BITAG as a forum).
J. Livingood, Considerations for Transitioning Content to IPv6, RFC 6589, April 2012, https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6589 (acknowledging BITAG’s TWG for assistance, and to BITAG’s Large Scale NAT effort).
J. Waz & P. Weiser, Internet Governance: The Role of Multistakeholder Organizations (December 31, 2012). Journal of Telecommunications and High Technology Law, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2013, available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2195167 (citing to BITAG as a forum).
K. A. Sieh and D.N. Hatfield, The Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group (BITAG) and Its Role in Internet Governance (March 31, 2012). 2012 TRPC, available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2032233 (describing BITAG as a forum and describing its reports to date).

2011:

C. Marsden, Network Neutrality: A Research Guide (May 26, 2011). HANDBOOK OF INTERNET RESEARCH, I. Brown, ed., Edward Elgar, 2012, available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1853648 (giving description of BITAG and history of Internet regulation in the U.S.).
L Downes, Unscrambling the FCC’s Net Neutrality Order: Preserving the Open Internet – But which one?, CommLaw Conspectus, 2011 (citing to BITAG as a forum).

Websites, Blog Posts, Conference Presentations, and Industry Newsletters:

http://icannwiki.com/BITAG (describing BITAG).
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/backboneref.htm (cite for Interconnection report as a paper or presentation on peering).
https://www.benton.org/node/185056 (citing to and providing Exec. Summary for VoIP Impairment, Failure, and Restrictions report).
http://www.doc4net.com/doc/607091624576 (providing copy of VoIP report).
http://www.nojitter.com/post/240168752/voip-voice-quality-problems--recommendations (article on VoIP report).
http://chrismarsden.blogspot.com/2014/05/bitag-6-measures-to-stop-throttling-of.html (Blog describing BITAG’s recommendations for VoIP report).
https://kb.iweb.com/entries/46917837-Guide-to-Public-SNMP-Amplification-Issues (citing to SNMP report in a guide to public SNMP amplification issues).
https://www.acuta.org/acuta/pdf/new1014.pdf (article in ACUTA news letter on VoIP report).
http://www.overturenetworks.com/2013/07/29/net-neutrality-part-3/ (describing the net neutrality debate, and describing BITAG along with BITAG’s first 3 reports).
http://www.iij.ad.jp/en/company/development/iir/pdf/iir_vol21_internet_EN.pdf (presentation from Internet Initiative Japan citing to BITAG SNMP report when describing DNS attacks).