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  • Community connectivity : building the Internet from scratch
    Autor(es):
    Editor: Luca Belli

    Annual Report of the UN IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity

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    Annual Report of the UN IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity

  • Net Neutrality Reloaded: Zero Rating, Specialised Service, Ad Blocking and Traffic Management
    Autor(es):
    Editor: Luca Belli

    Annual Report of the UN IGF Dynamic Coalition on Net Neutrality

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    Annual Report of the UN IGF Dynamic Coalition on Net Neutrality

  • CTS/FGV @ IGF 2017

    The 11th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be held in Guadalajara, Mexico, from 5 to 9 December 2015 with the overall theme of “Enabling Inclusive and Sustainable Growth

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    CTS/FGV is organising, co-organising and participating in a number of workshops and pre-events, prompting dialogue around internet connectivity, security, digital privacy, net neutrality and internet and human rights. To make it easier to follow, here is a list of our main activities. Join us in the most exciting internet governace event of the year! 

  • Net Neutrality, Zero-rating and the Minitelisation of the Internet
    Autor(es):
    Luca Belli

    The Internet is a general-purpose network grounded on openness, decentralisation and interoperability. Such features have allowed innovation to flourish, lowering barriers to communication, participation and cooperation, thus empowering end users. ‘General purpose’ means that the purpose for which the Internet is used is not predefined by the operator but can be autonomously decided by the end user. In this sense, the network neutrality (NN) principle mandates non-discriminatory treatment of Internet traffic to preserve the end-to-end

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    The Internet is a general-purpose network grounded on openness, decentralisation and interoperability. Such features have allowed innovation to flourish, lowering barriers to communication, participation and cooperation, thus empowering end users. ‘General purpose’ means that the purpose for which the Internet is used is not predefined by the operator but can be autonomously decided by the end user. In this sense, the network neutrality (NN) principle mandates non-discriminatory treatment of Internet traffic to preserve the end-to-end
    environment which then fosters the general-purpose nature of the Internet, unleashing end users’ creativity.

    This paper starts by briefly exploring the NN debate, stressing that the rationale of NN is to preserve an open and decentralised Internet architecture, empowering end users and protecting
    their rights. Subsequently, I stress that the combination of reduced data caps and zero rating (ZR) schemes may create artificial scarcity and jeopardise the achievement of the NN rationale.
    I provide a taxonomy of ZR models and argue that several ZR practices might limit the Internetm to a centralised configuration that characterises limited-generativity networks, such as the
    Minitel. The phenomenon that I define as ‘Minitelisation’ of the Internet consists of the shift from a user-centric, general-purpose network to one with a predefined purpose, thereby creating passive consumers of predetermined services, rather than active Internet users. 

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