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Internet & Society: The Technologies and Politics of Control (Spring 2019)
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“Network Neutrality, Broadband Discrimination” by Tim Wu, Journal of Telecommunications and High Technology Law, Vol. 2, p. 141 (2003).

Read Intro; Parts I, II, and IV; Conclusion

John Bowers

Tim Wu’s paper – which coined the term net neutrality – describes the financial and technical incentives driving internet service providers’ decisions regarding whether to prioritize some network data over others, and offers a potential regulatory framework for protecting the internet accordingly. Is network neutrality essential to an open, distributed, and generative internet?

“Network Neutrality, Broadband Discrimination” by Tim Wu, Journal of Telecommunications and High Technology Law, Vol. 2, p. 141 (2003).

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