What is this Network Neutrality thing
everyone keeps talking about...?!
Anindya CHAUDHURI
Global Development Network
How to Engage in Broadband Policy
& Regulatory Processes
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
New Delhi, India. 17 December 2016
Anindya CHAUDHURI Bharti School & LIRNEasia
Once upon a time in a land far far away...
1 Ostensibly, Comcast vs. subscribers....
2 ...but nicely summarizes the big picture...
1 Carriers2 Consumers3 Content/application developers4 Engineers5 Civil liberty groups6 Policymakers7 ...China?!!
3 But why was everyone so agitated?
Anindya CHAUDHURI Bharti School & LIRNEasia
How is this related to NN?
�End to end principle� - �...universal and reciprocal accessamong users...�
Reliable communication with unreliable hardwareNetworks application neutralDumb networks, smart terminals
ARPANET - redundancy of hardware
Packet switching (vs. circuit switching)
�Best e�ort� communicationAny packet can go anywhereNo �xed pathPackets can be lost, delayedData �reconstituted� at end
Anindya CHAUDHURI Bharti School & LIRNEasia
Neutrality (contd.)
Other examples
Peering connectionsCDNQoS/ThrottlingFCC: �reasonable network management�
Packet shaping reasonable?
Can we now de�ne NN?
Di�erent de�nitions
technicalservice-orientednormative
Quiz: Does Android (or ad-blocking) violate NN?
Shine (getshine.com)
Anindya CHAUDHURI Bharti School & LIRNEasia
What is at stake? (says both sides)
1 Money
1 Market power2 Need for investments
2 Technical
1 NGN2 Convergence
3 Innovation
4 Internet Governance
5 Social liberty (including privacy/security)
Anindya CHAUDHURI Bharti School & LIRNEasia
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