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...Hulu, for instance. Without net neutrality—the principle that Internet providers should treat all forms of Web traffic equally—such an example could easily become reality. Recently, in a case regarding whether Comcast had the right to limit its user’s bandwidth usage, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the Federal Communications Commission could not stop Comcast from regulating its network as such...
...decision ostensibly and reasonably gives Comcast the ability to efficiently run its network by limiting the bandwidth of users who are consuming large amounts due to their file-sharing habits—but the court’s language could prove far more overreaching. The ruling is vague enough that it may prohibit the FCC from taking future actions as an interloper in the Internet Service Provider-user interaction. Because of this, the FCC has potentially lost the power to stop ISP’s like Comcast from discriminating against its customers by charging different prices for accessing different content...
This model - their data, your brain - may represent an increasingly common way to handle large data sets. Relatively cheap technology and bandwidth have made data collection almost too easy. Many scientists are now drowning in massive amounts of data, which they don't have the time, resources or brain power to analyze. "In many parts of science, we're not constrained by what data we can get," says Lintott, who is also the co-host of the long-running BBC series The Sky at Night. "We're constrained by what we can do with the data we have. Citizen science...
...could worry less about domestic disputes and focus more on the rest of the world's problems. But after the PRI was toppled a decade ago, "all of a sudden learning how to deal with [domestic legislative politics] mattered," says O'Neil, "and there was not a lot of bandwidth left for foreign policy...
...Google has real success with this trial, it will percolate, and people will need to copy it," says Sharma, who is based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. However, such a quantum leap in bandwidth would need the support of Cisco-style routers in the background to deliver on its promise beyond the pilot stage...