Akamai As Proof Of A Non-Neutral Net?
An interesting Net Neutrality micro-debate has surfaced
surrounding Akamai and whether Akamai’s services are a violation
of Net Neutrality principles. This argument, produced by an
influential Internet law professor, was used to illustrate that
the Internet has never been neutral.
Net Neutrality, especially when you get into the technical
minutia of the debate, can be a dense and difficult concept, and
often advocates have to fall back on an I-know-a-violation-when-
I-see-it argument. Too often this observation comes after a
perceived breach of consumer trust and rights as a proof of
concept.
Tim Lee, though, does a good job of putting Net Neutrality in
the simplest of terms:
“Network neutrality is about the routing of packets. A network
is neutral if it faithfully transmits information from one end
of the network to the other and doesn’t discriminate among packets
based on their contents. Neutrality is, in other words, about the
behavior of the routers that move packets around the network.”
Jason Lee Miller | Staff Writer
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