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Understanding the NTIA IANA Transition - Part 3

Sun 22 June 2014 By Andrew McConachie

On March 14, 2014, The National Telecommunications and Information Administration(NTIA) announced its, "intent to transition key Internet domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community."¹ This transition is more commonly referred to as the transition of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority(IANA) functions contract, or sometimes just the …
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Understanding the NTIA IANA Transition - Part 2

Tue 10 June 2014 By Andrew McConachie

On March 14, 2014, The National Telecommunications and Information Administration(NTIA) announced its, "intent to transition key Internet domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community."¹ This transition is more commonly referred to as the transition of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority(IANA) functions contract, or sometimes just the …
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Understanding the NTIA IANA Transition - Part 1

Thu 05 June 2014 By Andrew McConachie

On March 14, 2014, The National Telecommunications and Information Administration(NTIA) announced its, "intent to transition key Internet domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community."¹ This transition is more commonly referred to as the transition of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority(IANA) functions contract, or sometimes just the …
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Net Neutrality:Beyond the FCC's 2010 Open Internet Order

Mon 26 May 2014 By Andrew McConachie

For the purposes of this post I will use the term ISP to mean last mile residential ISPs. Business ISPs, non-residential last mile ISPs, IXPs and Tier-1 providers, are not included in this definition.

Introduction

In 2010 the FCC established 3 rules for ISPs regarding the Open Internet and network …
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Some Thoughts on Network Neutrality

Wed 05 August 2009 By Andrew McConachie

There is a new debate brewing over net neutrality and I thought it time I offered up some of my opinions on this subject. As both a consumer of ISP services and a frequent consultant to ISPs I can hopefully provide a nuanced perspective on this debate. My experience is …
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