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An Internet router in space

News: Communications    January 26, 2010
From a technical point of view, routers are the hardware that make the Internet the network of networks. Routers do the job by receiving and retransmitting the trillions of packets of Internet data, sending each towards its own destination with the route chosen by the router (if it’s smart enough). So, if space is to [...]
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The borderland of net neutrality

Essay: November 9, 2009
Thank goodness the Internet is no longer an American plaything. I know, however, that what happens to the Internet in the United States is still important to what happens to the Internet elsewhere. I’m thinking particularly about the issue of Net Neutrality, which surfaces with some regularity in the U.S. and more often now in [...]
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