Privatization of the Internet 1 The Privatization of the Internet’s Backbone Network Rajiv C. Shah & Jay P. Kesan Rajiv C. Shah Adjunct Assistant Professor University of Illinois at Chicago rshah@a5.com Jay P. Kesan (Corresponding Author) Professor College of Law University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 504 E. Pennsylvania Champaign, IL 61820 T (217) 333-7887 kesan@law.uiuc.edu This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ITR-0081426 & IIS- 0429217. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.