CMST 2LW3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Bandwidth Management, Actual Malice, Canadian Content
14 Dec 2016
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Final essay due on november 29th, grace period till december 7th however if you had in assignment by november 29th, will receive 2% bonus. Net neutrality is the idea that networks treat everyone the same: idea that networks treat all traf c the same regardless of its content. Should canadian law makers be looking at this from more of a policy perspective: end-to-end principle. Advanced functionality should be added at higher/outer layers. The network should not discriminate b/w the types of applications it is serving. Enabled rapid evolution of online services: e. g. tcp/ip has been able to support http, www, google, web innovations, four cases where blocking or service degradation might occur: Anticompetitive conduct: e. g. rogers blocking/slowing net ix or competing voip service. Routine decisions: e. g. bandwidth management, traf c shaping. Throttling : idea of slowing certain traf c or prioritizing certain data over others. This rule also bans isps from prioritizing content and services of their af liates.
