With the news that AT&T will be introducing volume caps on its DSL and U-Verse broadband Internet service plans, a number of commenters (1, 2) have pointed out the contrast between AT&T’s move and the recent news from BT, which announced that it would be lifting its 300GB “atypical user” cap next month. The trouble [...]
Categories: Net Neutrality, Network Management
Note: This was originally posted on the Center for Democracy & Technology blog. The past week has seen several important developments relating to how network operators manage the traffic on their networks. After several months of discussions, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) – one of the leading technical standards organizations for the Internet – [...]
Categories: Net Neutrality, Standards
Note: This blog post was originally published on the Center for Democracy & Technology blog. Two weeks ago, upwards of 1100 dedicated souls gathered in Hiroshima, Japan for the 76th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Although I’ve been regularly attending these meetings for some time now, whenever this group gathers I’m always surprised [...]
Categories: Standards
Note: This blog post was originally published on the Center for Democracy & Technology blog. Last week I had the pleasure of attending the 75th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), one of the leading international technical standards bodies for the Internet. For many years, CDT has sought to engage in technical standards [...]
Categories: Standards
Note: This blog post was originally published on the Center for Democracy & Technology blog. Last week I had the privilege to attend the 72nd meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the Internet’s longest-established technical standardization body. CDT has long been engaged in the work of the IETF and other standards bodies, with [...]
Categories: Standards