CRS Analyzes Implications of Net Neutrality Order
A Congressional Research Report breaks down the implications of the FCC net neutrality order and the possible role Congress could play. “The use of one management tool, deep packet inspection (DPI), illustrates the complexity of the net neutrality debate,” CRS…
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said. “DPI refers to a network management technique that enables network operators to inspect, in real time, both the header and the data field of the packets." The "crux" of net neutrality discussion may center in part on "how to develop a policy that permits some types of discrimination (i.e., ‘good’ discrimination) that may be beneficial to network operation and improve the user experience, while protecting against what would be considered ‘harmful’ or anticompetitive discrimination,” CRS said. The report included sections examining prioritization and usage-based billing in this context. It was dated March 9.