Facts of Life: The Citizen’s Guide to Network Engineering
The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
Richard Bennett
February 2011
In Bennett’s latest white paper, he focuses his attention on the notion in which many believe the Internet has always worked at a “dumb pipe” system, or a network consisting of no management. This is a misnomer that he desires to confront and clarify.
As is the case in many of Bennett’s papers, he lays out the history of the issue for the user. This is always beneficial because it allows the reader to gain insight and context into the issue being addressed.
Bennett looks at dumb pipes, and network management, the needs of various types of applications, and even provides an explanation of how various parts of the Internet operate.
Finally, Bennett addresses functionality of the Internet that he believes should be changed in the future, he takes a look at Net Neutrality regulations potential affects on the Internet, and technologies that may be negatively affected by that regulation like Content Delivery Networks and the coming age of Telepresence.
You can read the paper in full here.
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