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Blown to Bits Chapter 4What did Canadian telecommunications company Telus do during a strike of its workers
- answerTelus blocked a pro-labor union website on their network and banned many other websites as well during the strike. Telus said that since the cables delivering the internet traffic belonged to the company, they reserved the rights to control what bits were being delivered
What action did the Chinese governemnt taken in regard to June 4th - answerThe chinese government has censored any mention or discussion of the massacre that took place on that date and the censorship extends to a lot of websites on the chinese internet
What percentage of search does Google process - answer90%
Three types of internet gatekeepers - answerLinks gatekeepers controlling of data pipes
in which the bits flow. Search gatekeepers are controlling all the bits we find on the web.
The social gatekeepers are controlling all the social connections people make on the internet.
The internet grew out of ARPANET. What were ARPA's two intitial concerns - answer1. Wanted to improve utilization by networking the computers it was funding
2. Worried that assets wouldn't be able to communicate during a nuclear war especially if key sites were eliminated or disabled
What is the internet? - answerIt's an interconnected network in which computers can communicate with each other and exchange information. It allowed individuals or organizations to connect.
Size of a packet being sent - answerAround the size of a thousand bits
What are the rules for joining the internet? What happens to bad actors? - answerThere are no rules for joining the internet. The internet can "freeze" out bad actors by routing the information elsewhere.
TCP vs UDP - answerThey are packet forwarding processes. TCP guarantees good packet delivery but not as fast speed. UDP guarantees good speed but is less good packet delivery.
IETF and it's function? - answerThe IETF is the internet engineering task force which manages the standards for internet protocols. It's a governing agency of the internet.
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