1 Politics, Law and Technology: Bandwidth Management for the Fearless Internet2 Fall Meeting October 15, 2003

2 Panelists Art St. George –Chair, Internet2 Campus Bandwidth Management Working Group (University of New Mexico) David Futey –Co-Chair, Internet2 Peer-to-Peer Working Group (Stanford University) Linda Roos –Co-Chair, Internet2 Peer-to-Peer Working Group (OARNet)

3 Speakers and Panelists Dave Vernon - Director of IT Architecture, Cornell University Tracy Mitrano - Director of IT Policy and Computer Policy and Law Program, Cornell University David Gift - Vice Provost for Libraries, Computing and Technology, Michigan State University Moderator: Hunt Williams, President, Merit Network

4 Background Bandwidth is a resource: Is it scarce or plentiful? Different regulatory approaches logically follow: rationing (scarce) vs. free (air-and- water) Tradition: Higher education is leader in providing bandwidth-rich Internet environments

5 Current Situation 10/100 Ethernet ports as standard mode of Internet access on campus Explosive growth in peer-to-peer networking (non-academic?) Vigilant RIAA monitoring of compliance with the Digital Millenium Copyright Act

6 Potential Future Research and science re-emerging as key driver of bandwidth growth University-owned fiber will replace leased telco circuits Bandwidth becomes plentiful (and affordable) What about the RIAA? How does higher ed encourage appropriate Internet behavior and usage?