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The open Internet: what it is, and why it matters

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posted on 2017-05-01, 04:02 authored by Cerf, Vint
The Internet is an open platform that embraces users' freedom and innovation without permission. In this article, I explain how the design of the Internet led to its remarkable economic and social success. In so doing, I will suggest that sustaining the Internet's fundamental openness be considered a fundamental objective of broadband policy. Copyright 2009 Vint Cerf. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.

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2009

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Telecommunications Journal of Australia, vol. 59, no. 2 (2009), p. 18.1-18.10. ISSN 1835-4270

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