Net Neutrality

Question 1

• definition
• why do we care

Answer 1

• definition: all internet service provides ISPs should provide equal access to content, at an equal speed, without discrimiantion against particular sources.
• why do we care

Question 2

FCC regulations about net neutrality

Answer 2

A federal court of appeals fully upholds the FCC’s strong net neutrality rule, recognizing that an open internet is essential for innovation and economic growth.

Question 3

different ways of understanding the internet as applied in the case of net neutrality

Answer 3

• common carrier
• as a utility
• increase competition among ISPs

Question 4

• terms
  
  • internet backbone
  • internet service provider
  • content provider
  • peering
  • content delivery network, CDN

Answer 4

• internet backbone: the collection of cables and data centers that make up the core of the internet. This is operated not by a single operation but by many independent companies spread across the globe.
• internet service provider: a company such as Comcast or Verizon that plugs into the backbone and then provides internet connections to homes and businesses.
• content provider: companies such as google, facebook, and netflix that provide the webpages, videos, and other content that moves across the internet.

peering: where one internet operation connects directly to another, so that they can trade traffic. This could be a connection between an ISP such as Comcast and an internet backbone provider such as Lebel 3. But it could also be a direct connection between an ISP and a content provider such as Google.

CDN: a network of computer servers set up inside an ISP that delivers popular photos, videos, adn other conten. These servers can deliver this content faster to home users because they are closer to home users. Companies such as Akamai and CloudFlare run CDNs that anyone can use . But content providers such as google and netflix now run their own, private CDNs as well.