Showing posts with label Network. Show all posts
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

[infosecinstitute] The Debate Over Network Neutrality in the EU and the USA

1. Introduction
Network neutrality (also known as net neutrality or Internet neutrality) refers to a general principle that Internet service providers (ISPs) should not control how their customers lawfully use the Internet. For example, the ISPs should not restrict any Internet traffic or charge differently for different types of traffic.
Ever since the commercialization of the Internet, there has been an extensive debate on whether the principle of network neutrality should be implemented in the law. The increased demand for video content is adding heat to the debate over network neutrality. The present article provides an overview of the arguments for (Section 2) and against network neutrality (Section 3). The article then outlines some of the key moments of the net neutrality debate in