And why net neutrality is important
Considering the president’s announcement today, it seemed like a perfect time to publish this post.
This is a literature review I co-wrote with Vansh Jain, Saral Jalan, and Jacob Swanson for a class on effective communication for engineers at USC. It’s long, but goes into great detail about why and how America’s internet infrastructure is lacking. If you’d rather read it in pretty PDF form, you can do that here.
Abstract: America’s internet infrastructure has fallen behind the rest of the world’s. In terms of both speed and cost, broadband internet in the United States is lacking. This paper explores the importance from a social and economic perspective of having a strong internet infrastructure. A review of the technologies that can be utilized to improve the state of broadband in the United States is conducted. The history of our telecommunications networks, in addition to the current regulatory framework has put America in this detrimental position. By analyzing the technologies and methods by which certain countries and municipalities have successfully deployed high-speed broadband internet, we can make recommendations about how the United States can seek to improve its infrastructure going forward.
