Bob Briscoe, "Resolving Internet capacity sharing and neutrality battles ...in one bit"

The ideal of the classic Internet was that any amount of shared capacity anywhere could be used by anyone. This fostered wave upon wave of innovative new uses: the Web, music-sharing, social TV. However, network operators have been quietly deploying piecemeal ways to limit the share each consumer can take. Thus, economic pressures are eroding the ideals of the classic Internet, in turn threatening its potential for innovation. This talk outlines a tweak to the Internet Protocol (IP) designed to preserve the freedom of the classic Internet, while satisfying the economic concerns of network providers. Indeed the approach 'routes money' from customer demand to capacity investment, even across multiple interconnected networks. The approach also offers a way around the net neutrality debate. It has been progressing through the IETF's processes since 2005, recently reaching a critical stage.