EPISODE 2558

Ep. 333 Could There Have Been an Internet Without the State?

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Would there be an Internet without the state? Should we favor “net neutrality”? We cover these and other issues in today’s episode!

About the Guest

Richard Bennett, a visiting fellow of the American Enterprise Institute, is an expert on Internet technology and public policy. He co-invented Ethernet over Twisted Pair, the Wi-Fi MAC protocol, and miscellaneous network enhancements such as the MPDU Aggregation system for 802.11n, the Distributed Reservation Protocol for UWB, and various tweaks and hacks to the Internet and OSI protocols.

His experience with legislative bodies spans two decades, beginning with expert witness testimony before multiple committees of the California legislature in the 1990s and continuing to recent testimony before the U.S. Congress on Internet privacy.

Guest’s Website

Bennett.com

Guest’s Twitter

@iPolicy

Paper Mentioned

“Designed for Change: End-to-End Arguments, Internet Innovation, and the Net Neutrality Debate” (PDF)

Related Episode

Ep. 174: Net Neutrality: A Libertarian View (Berin Szoka)

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