Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing

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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TAP Blog

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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TAP Academics

Austan Goolsbee
University of Chicago
Competition Policy and Antitrust, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet, Networks and Infrastructure

Barbara van Schewick
Stanford University
Innovation and Economic Growth, Competition Policy and Antitrust, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet, Networks and Infrastructure, Net Neutrality

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Upcoming Events

TPRC48: Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy

February 17, 2021,

Symposium: 25th Anniversary of the Telecommunications Act of 1996—Looking Ahead to the Next Telecommunications Act

March 12, 2021,

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Fact Sheets

Broadband Access and Infrastructure

High-speed Internet access – often referred to as “broadband” – is a set of technologies that, taken together, are recognized as a potential catalyst for global economic and social change.

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