Title :
Interpreting Network Discrimination in the CRTC and FCC
Author :
Perry, Mark ; Margoni, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Abstract :
The issue of what discriminatory use of a network means has arisen in two recent decisions of the United States and Canadian federal communications commissions, the FCC and the CRTC respectively. The topic is a contemporary and hotly debated one, as when a course is fixed it will strongly influence the future of the Internet. It can be stated as the dichotomy of open and competitive or closed and oligopolistic. A study and comparison of the two different approaches is vital to clarify the debate, and hopefully guide Canadian policy in a direction that will benefit the whole community.
Keywords :
Internet; computer network management; government policies; telecommunication industry; telecommunication services; CRTC; Canadian Federal communications commission; Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunication Commission; Canadian policy; FCC; Internet; United States communications commission; network discrimination; Communication system control; Computer science; FCC; Inspection; Internet; Monitoring; Network neutrality; North America; Privacy; Telecommunication traffic; Deep Packet Inspection; Network Neutrality; Packet Discrimination; Policy; Traffic Shaping;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Society, 2010. ICDS '10. Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
St. Maarten
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5805-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICDS.2010.53
