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Networks and Infrastructure

Although “the Internet” seems ethereal, it is in fact a network of networks that connects billions of users around the world. The capabilities of the Internet are dependent on the reach of those networks. Many governments worldwide are considering how to effectively and efficiently make robust networks available to their citizens to enable them to access the Internet.

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The FCC should pass the non-discrimination rule, usually called “net neutrality.”

The Net Neutrality View
By TAP Staff Blogger
February 9, 2010

With last week’s congressional hearings on Comcast-NBC Universal merger, there is increased interest in net neutrality issues.

Neutral Networks Work
By TAP Staff Blogger
February 8, 2010

YouTube video of Professor Lawrence Lessig's presentation at the FCC Hearing on Internet Practices (April 2008).

Net Neutrality Research
By TAP Staff Blogger
December 28, 2009

Academic Arguments on Net Neutrality

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Jon Crowcroft
University of Cambridge
Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing, Internet, Networks and Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence

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Columbia University
Intellectual Property, Copyright and Trademark, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Networks and Infrastructure, Wireless, Net Neutrality

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Net Neutrality

Given the significance of the Internet, preserving its “openness” – an idea often referred to as “network neutrality” or “net neutrality” – has been a long-standing issue.

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“People should be free to choose which videos they want to watch -- whether that’s Netflix, Twitch or their local church’s Sunday service -- without the company they pay to get online trying to influence their choices.” — Barbara van Schewick, Professor of Law, Stanford University

Barbara van Schewick
Bloomberg
March 17, 2021

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