Why the Internet Should Stay Neutral Lydia Chen

Network of Networks Data, in packets, is transmitted between the machines on the network

Neutrality Neutral Routers are “dumb” Pass along information at the same speed no matter

Social Factors Censorship “low-priority” packets are discarded or sent slowly Access to certain information

Social Factors The Internet should be a “level playing field” Separation of social classes

Economics A neutral Internet is like an electrical grid Anything can be plugged into

Economics Private and Public arenas Example: Google, from small to huge The Internet is

Technology Resource Re. Ser. Vation Protocol (RSVP) The host meant to receive the data

Technology Problems Works well on small network, but not on something as large as

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Sources Tyson, Jeff. “How Internet Infrastructure Works. ” 2000. http: //computer. howstuffworks. com/internet-infrastructure. htm

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Why the Internet Should Stay Neutral Lydia Chen, Alex Salloum, David Talley, Angela Zhou

Network of Networks Data, in packets, is transmitted between the machines on the network via routers Internet service providers (ISPs) monitor the routing traffic

Neutrality Neutral Routers are “dumb” Pass along information at the same speed no matter what its source, destination, or contents End-to-end neutral All routers passed through to get from any source to any destination on the Internet are neutral

Social Factors Censorship “low-priority” packets are discarded or sent slowly Access to certain information is blocked by controlled routers Those in control can silence competitors by blocking their service “I think that the neutrality of the Net is a medium essential for democracy” –Tim Berners-Lee, World Wide Web founder

Social Factors The Internet should be a “level playing field” Separation of social classes where middle and lower classes can’t afford high service of upper classes Haha, you can’t get to me, the Internet is in my favor Internet

Economics A neutral Internet is like an electrical grid Anything can be plugged into the grid without being discriminated against AT&T and Google

Economics Private and Public arenas Example: Google, from small to huge The Internet is essential to economic infrastructure A medium for information transfer Provides many other essential services Limit Internet innovation == limit economic growth

Technology Resource Re. Ser. Vation Protocol (RSVP) The host meant to receive the data uses reservation messages to contact each router on the route back to the server and reserve bandwidth at that router

Technology Problems Works well on small network, but not on something as large as the Internet Every router along the route must support this protocol ISPs must cooperate Complex monitoring systems will have to be put in place along the routes

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