Media, Information and Technoculture 2100F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Net Neutrality, Whopper, Virtual Community
1 Feb 2018
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What happened in internet history 26 days ago: net neutrality, on the 4th of january, the us communications commissions took away laws surrounding it. Isp"s can charge different or provide different speeds for different sites, favouring those they own or are allies with. In canada bell has a movie streaming service called crave, if bell wanted to encourage its customers rather than using netflix it could ensure that the speeds for using crave were much higher than its competitors. Burger king video on net neutrality: making burger"s per second , we can all have access to the whopper , but those who pay for it or more for it get it and get it first. Where does the internet come from: the military. The high degree of business interest in the internet started to emerge because business people and investors were looking for an economic boost out of this slump period.
