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Net neutrality

Net neutrality, sometimes referred to as network neutrality, is the principle that Internet service providers (ISPs) must treat all Internet communications equally, offering users and online content providers consistent transfer rates regardless of content, website, platform, application, type of equipment, source address, destination address, or method…

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Net neutrality

Nodes333
Edges332
Triples660
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006006
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Net neutrality

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related to United States · 44
Net neutrality → Ajit Pai, American Recovery, California, California's, Colorado, Communications Act, Democrats, Donald Trump, FCC, FCC's, February, Federal Communications Commission, House, However, In, Individual, Internet, ISPs, It, Jessica Rosenworcel
related to Unnecessary regulations · 38
Net neutrality → According, Ajit Pai, Apple, Atherton, BitTorrent, Chicago Tribune, Circuit, CNBC, Comcast, Commission, Even, Examples, Facebook, Facetime, FCC, FCC Commissioner Mike O'Reilly, FCC's, Federal Trade Commission, Government, In
related to Quality of service · 35
Net neutrality → According, Classes, DiffServ Code Point, DSCP, However, IEEE, Internet, Ioannis Koukoutsidis, IP, IPTV, ISP, It, Many, MPLS, National Regulatory Authorities, NDT, Network Diagnostic Tools, Network Service Providers, NRAs, Often
related to Competition and innovation · 31
Net neutrality → According, Advocates, Al Franken, D-Minn, D-Ore, Due, For, Google, Google Video, Google's, Internet, ISPs, Lawrence Lessig, McChesney, Net, Proponents, Robert, SaveTheInternet, Senators Ronald Lee Wyden, Speedy
related to Reactions to removing net neutrality in the US · 31
Net neutrality → Action, Ajit Pai, Ajit Pai's, Amazon, Americans, Day, Democrats, FCC, FCC's, Google, He, However, Internet, John Oliver, July, Last Week Tonight, Mozilla, Net, Netflix, On
related to Criticism · 29
Net neutrality → Akamai, Alcatel, Alcatel-Lucent, AT, BellSouth, Broadband Association, Broadcom, Cingular, Cisco, Citizens Against Government Waste, Comcast, Corning, Corporate, D-Link, Ericsson, IBM, Intel, ISPs, Juniper, Many
related to Reduction in investment · 28
Net neutrality → According, And, AT, Cisco, Comcast, FCC, Google, Google's, IBM, If, Intel, Internet, ISP, ISPs, John Thorne, Marc Andreessen, Netflix, Opponents, Qualcomm, Skype
related to Canada · 25
Net neutrality → Because, Bell Canada, Bell Canada's, CAIP, Canada, Canada's Next Great Prime, Canadian Association, Canadian Radio-television, CRTC, However, In, In Canada, Internet, Internet Providers, ISPs, Minister, Net, October, On, Open Internet Coalition
related to End-to-end principle · 25
Net neutrality → According, Because, Clark, Contrary, David, End-to-end, End-user, He, Internet, Isenberg, Jerome, Lawrence Lessig, McChesney, Rather, Reed, Robert, Saltzer, Some, Stupid Network, TCP
related to Significant and growing competition, investment · 23
Net neutrality → Ajit Pai, Apple, At, Becker, Between, Dennis Carlton, FCC, FCC's, Gary Becker, Google, Hal Sidler, Internet, January, MB/s, Mbit/s, Mike O'Reilly, Nobel Prize, The, The PPI, Title II

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neutrality internet net network fcc isps broadband providers service content would access services traffic users states data companies free rules

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Net neutralityis aprinciple that an ISP be required to provide access to all sites0.90text
equal treatment of datainstance ofwherein policies0.80text
open web standards allow those using the Internet to easily communicateinstance ofwherein policies0.80text
and conduct businessinstance ofwherein policies0.80text
activities without interference from a third party.In contrastinstance ofwherein policies0.80text
a closed Internet refers to the opposite situationinstance ofwherein policies0.80text
wherein established personsinstance ofwherein policies0.80text
corporationsinstance ofwherein policies0.80text
or governments favor certain usesinstance ofwherein policies0.80text
restrict access to necessary web standardsinstance ofwherein policies0.80text
artificially degrade some servicesinstance ofwherein policies0.80text
or explicitly filter out contentinstance ofwherein policies0.80text

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