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19th Century Net Neutrality (and what it means for the 21st Century)
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| In researching an article for a book I've
| discovered an interesting parallel between the
| two in regard to the issue of Net Neutrality.
| What is Net Neutrality? It is the idea that when
| you use the Internet, you do so free of
| restrictions. That any information you download
| gets treated the same as any other piece of
| information. This means that your Internet
| service provider (say Rogers, Shaw or Bell)
| can't choose to provide you with certain content
| faster than other content (or worse, simply
| block you from accessing certain content
| altogether).
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| Normally the issue of Net Neutrality gets cast
| in precisely those terms - do bits of data
| flowing through fibre optic and copper cables
| get treated the same, regardless of whose
| computer they are coming from and whose computer
| they are going to. We often like to think these
| types of challenges are new, and unique, but one
| thing I love about being a student of history,
| is that there are almost always interesting
| earlier examples to any problem.
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http://eaves.ca/2009/10/14/19th-century-net-neutrality-and-what-it-means-for-the-21s-century/
Finland becomes the first country in the world to make broadband a legal right.
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| Finland, a country I was fortunate to visit just
| last month (my thoughts), has just become the
| first country in the world to make broadband a
| legal right.
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http://thenextweb.com/europe/2009/10/14/finland-country-world-broadband-legal/
Recent:
Did the FCC bribe US carriers on net neutrality?
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| Debate at this week's CTIA shindig has
| apparently been about efficient spectrum
| use, but is the FCC just bribing the
| network operators to accept net
| neutrality without a fight?
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/10/us_radio_spectrum/
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