Net Neutrality Nuts and Bolts
free 10 page Adobe Acrobat white paper that sheds a great deal of light on the entire Net Neutrality issue.
Edward W. Felten from the Center for Information Technology Policy, Department of Computer Science, and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, has released a free 10 page Adobe Acrobat white paper that sheds a great deal of light on the entire Net Neutrality issue.
Felten is a Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs at Princeton University, and this "Nuts and Bolts" paper is required reading for those wanting a clearer understanding of the net neutrality debate. Felten makes a strong argument that both sides of the net neutrality debate are wrong...
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Network neutrality is a vexing issue. Proponents of neutrality regulation argue that the free, innovative Internet of today is threatened and government action is needed to protect it. Opponents argue that regulation is not needed, or will be flawed in practice, or is a bad idea even in principle.
One of the reasons the network neutrality debate is so murky is that relatively few people understand the mechanics of network discrimination. In reasoning about net neutrality it helps to understand the technical motivations for discrimination, the various kinds of discrimination and how they would actually be put into practice, and what countermeasures would then be available to users and regulators. These are what I want to explain in this essay.
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Download the PDF: http://itpolicy.princeton.edu/pub/neutrality.pdf
Comments
Net neutrality is a real bummer... I bought some of UGN's buttons to give away for Christmas, but NO BODY who saw them knew what it's all about!!!
You've got a lot of educating to do!
Posted by: jimi | January 27, 2007 2:21 PM
I read your column this week and have to agree that it's time to get this issue out into the main stream media. Otherwise we'll all be sorry later.
Posted by: sean | February 1, 2007 7:42 PM