Net Neutrality... Seriously this Time

  • Authors:
  • Daniel J. Weitzner

  • Affiliations:
  • MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Internet Computing
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Discriminatory disruption of certain Internet communications protocols, and the recent truce between Comcast and BitTorrent, has caused much debate. At the root of the matter is a very basic question about how Comcast's action relates to the fundamental technical and institutional agreements that make the Internet work. A closer look at what Comcast did, along with the legitimate operational problems that certain types of traffic cause in networks, help explain the challenge the Internet community now faces.