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net neutrality

Open Source Club @ Ohio State University. net neutrality. Background Info. What we’ll cover. What is “net neutrality” Who are the big players Content: Google, eBay, websites, bloggers ISP’s: AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Time Warner For Regulation what do youtube & google video have to say

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net neutrality

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  1. Open Source Club @ Ohio State University net neutrality

  2. Background Info

  3. What we’ll cover • What is “net neutrality” • Who are the big players • Content: Google, eBay, websites, bloggers • ISP’s: AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Time Warner • For Regulation • what do youtube & google video have to say • Against Regulation • Conclusion by TimBL & Discussion

  4. Related Quotes messages received from any individual, company, or corporation, or from any telegraph lines connecting with this line at either of its termini, shall be impartially transmitted in the order of their reception, excepting that the dispatches of the government shall have priority. —An act to facilitate communication between the Atlantic and Pacific states by electric telegraph. June 16, 1860 “Many Internet giants like Amazon and Google are backing neutrality, because they don’t want to pay any more for bandwidth, which — to match fast lane rivals — they’ll have to in a non-neutral regime.

  5. What is net neutrality • Networks that don't favor some destinations over others, or classes of application (www, voip, hptp) • The idea that network protocols should generally be "dumb," routing all packets equally without attempting to discern their contents and adjust for one application or another.

  6. Big players • Those for legislation are the content providers (google, eBay, and most people who use the internet). They are being charged extra for their internet traffic. • Those against include the ISP’s. They feel they’re been trampled on by mega traffic sites without proper compensation.

  7. Save the Internet • Who wants to get rid of Net Neutrality? • The nation's largest telephone and cable companies — including AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and Time Warner — want to be Internet gatekeepers, deciding which Web sites go fast or slow and which won't load at all. • They want to tax content providers to guarantee speedy delivery of their data. They want to discriminate in favor of their own search engines, Internet phone services, and streaming video — while slowing down or blocking their competitors. • These companies have a new vision for the Internet. Instead of an even playing field, they want to reserve express lanes for their own content and services — or those from big corporations that can afford the steep tolls — and leave the rest of us on a winding dirt road. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhBzPV9FOgA&eurl=

  8. Save the Internet • What's at stake? • Decisions being made now will shape the future of the Internet for a generation. Before long, all media — TV, phone and the Web — will come to your home via the same broadband connection. The dispute over Net Neutrality is about who'll control access to new and emerging technologies. • On the Internet, consumers are in ultimate control — deciding between content, applications and services available anywhere, no matter who owns the network. There's no middleman. But without Net Neutrality, the Internet will look more like cable TV. Network owners will decide which channels, content and applications are available; consumers will have to choose from their menu. • The Internet has always been driven by innovation. Web sites and services succeeded or failed on their own merit. Without Net Neutrality, decisions now made collectively by millions of users will be made in corporate boardrooms. The choice we face now is whether we can choose the content and services we want, or whether the broadband barons will choose for us.

  9. Hands off the Internet • “Net neutrality advocates say every bit of Internet traffic should be treated alike. But that makes as much sense as an emergency room that eliminates triage and treats a broken nose with the same urgency as a heart attack. In an ER, some cases are more critical. On the Internet, some bits of data are more important. Medical data needs to get where it’s going fast and safe. If an e-mail or music video is delayed by a traffic jam on the network, the damage is minimal. If a medical transmission is disrupted, someone could die.”

  10. Timbl

  11. Where to get more info • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality • http://news.com.com/Net+neutrality+showdown/2009-1028_3-6055133.html • http://news.com.com/FTC+chief+critiques+Net+neutrality/2100-1028_3-6107913.html?tag=nl • http://www.google.com/help/netneutrality.html • http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=1937 • http://judiciary.senate.gov/webcast/live.ram • http://commerce.senate.gov/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=1705&wit_id=3971 • http://dig.csail.mit.edu/breadcrumbs/node/132 • http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?PAGE_ID=645&PARENT_ID=807&bhcp=1 • http://www.handsoff.org/ • http://www.savetheinternet.com/

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