Category Archives: Internet
Summary: CRTC PN 2008-19; ISP Traffic Managment in Canada
( Source ) As someone who is academically invested in how the ‘net is being regulated in Canada, I’ve been following the recent CRTC investigation into Internet management practices and regulation with considerable interest. Given that few people are likely to dig though the hundreds of pages that were in the first filing, I’ve summarized the responses from ISPs (save for Videotron’s submissions; I don’t read French) to a more manageable 50 pages. … Update: Thanks to Eric Samson and Daniel for translating Videotron’s filings – you guys rock! Continue reading
Review: Privacy On The Line
This updated edition of Diffie and Landau’s text is a must-have for anyone who is interested in how encryption and communicative privacy politics have developed in the US over the past century or so. Privacy On The Line moves beyond … Continue reading
Technology: CBC’s Search Engine and Traffic Shaping
The CBC’s Jesse Brown has a nice piece that tries to respond to the question, “Is Throttling Necessary?” I won’t spoil the answer (or possible lack of an answer), but I will note that Jesse incorporated a few pieces of … Continue reading
Thoughts: P2P and Complicity in Filesharing
I think about peer to peer (P2P) filesharing on a reasonably regular basis, for a variety of reasons (digital surveillance, copyright analysis and infringement, legal cases, value in efficiently mobilizing data, etc.). Something that always nags at me is the … Continue reading
