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Thorny technical questions remain for net neutrality

  • Written by Harsha V. Madhyastha, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
imageNot all online traffic is the same; should we treat it the same anyway?Scale via shutterstock.com

Federal rules mandating network neutrality – the concept that all internet traffic should be treated equally – were upheld recently by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. The decision was hailed as a win by civil-rights groups, entrepreneurs...

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