Definitions of Network Neutrality
At its simplest, network neutrality is the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally. Net neutrality advocates have established different definitions of network neutrality:
- Absolute non-discrimination
- Columbia Law School professor Tim Wu: "Network neutrality is best defined as a network design principle. The idea is that a maximally useful public information network aspires to treat all content, sites, and platforms equally."
- Limited discrimination without QoS tiering
- United States lawmakers have introduced bills that would now allow quality of service discrimination as long as no special fee is charged for higher-quality service.
- Limited discrimination and tiering
- This approach allows higher fees for QoS as long as there is no exclusivity in service contracts. According to Tim Berners-Lee: "If I pay to connect to the Net with a given quality of service, and you pay to connect to the net with the same or higher quality of service, then you and I can communicate across the net, with that quality and quantity of service." " each pay to connect to the Net, but no one can pay for exclusive access to me."
- First come first served
- According to Imprint Magazine, Cardozo Law School professor Susan P. Crawford "believes that a neutral Internet must forward packets on a first-come, first served basis, without regard for quality-of-service considerations."
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