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Sorin Adam Matei

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The generative dilemma of the Internet

This is an introduction to a set of core concepts related to Internet communication for the Course COM 251 Information, Technology, Society which I teach at Purdue University. One of Aesop’s fables gives a clever answer to the question: “what is the…

What is the Internet edge-to-edge (end-to-end or e2e) design principle? What is it good for and what are its main trade-offs?

This is a tutorial on a set of core concepts related to Internet communication for the courses I teach at Purdue University. In a previous post about the basic architecture of the Internet, I discussed the Internet’s intrinsic decentralization and its layered…

Google broadband networks announced to shape the regulatory process?

Google’s announced plans to build 1 Gigabyte broadband networks seem to play the same role as Google‘s threats of yesteryear to bid for WiMax frequencies. The FCC is planning to propose a new national broadband plan, which would make accessible to most…

Internet declared neutral. No applications or traffic can be prioritized.

FCC Chairman announces Net Neutrality principles on Sept 21 in DC Image by Getty Images via Daylife The Federal Communication Comission has issued today, as promised, a list of principles that in effect will deny the right of any ISP to prioritize…

Broadband.gov – by IdeaScale

The FCC decided to change the way it does business. It has crowdsourced its policy planning process. Well, sort of.. It launched a Digg-like platform (actually a service on demand site, launched by IdeaScalem who wants to do for Digg-like applications what…