Telecommunications policy issues rarely make news, much less mobilize thousands of people. Yet this certainly occurred in the United States around efforts to introduce net neutrality regulation. A similar grassroots mobilization has yet to develop in the United Kingdom or throughout most of the rest of Europe. My colleague Alison Powell and I have just [...]
Archive for October, 2011
Categories: Net Neutrality, Network Management
It can be difficult to predict when and why particular technologies will attract attention from policymakers. A few years ago, it seemed like around every policy corner — whether it be privacy, Internet neutrality, copyright enforcement, or cybersecurity — lurked deep packet inspection, a technical capability that allowed ISPs to gain increased visibility into the [...]
Categories: Consumer Privacy, DPI, Net Neutrality, Network Management