Telecom tensions : internet service providers and public policy in Canada /

Today's internet service providers mediate communication, control data flow, and influence everyday online interactions. In other words, they have become ideal agents of public policy and instruments of governance. In Telecom Tensions Mike Zajko considers the tensions inherent to this role – be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zajko, Mike, 1983- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021
Montreal, Quebec : [2021]
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Table of Contents:
  • Scenes from Canada's Internet
  • The History and Political Economy of Canadian Intermediaries
  • Connectivity for the Public Good
  • Chasing Competition
  • Common Carriage, Net Neutrality, and Bad Traffic
  • Internet Service Providers as Privacy Custodians
  • Internet Service Providers as Security Partners
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Scenes from Canada’s Internet
  • The History and Political Economy of Canadian Intermediaries
  • Connectivity for the Public Good
  • Chasing Competition
  • Common Carriage, Net Neutrality, and Bad Traffic
  • Internet Service Providers as Privacy Custodians
  • Internet Service Providers as Security Partners
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index