Alaina Reddy

September 23, 2014

Assignment: Internet and Networks

1. Review the Internet technologies
Article Who Controls the Internet?
o ( http://sks.sirs.com.ccbcmd.idm.oclc.org/cgi-bin/hst-article-
display?id=S3673369-0-
8681&artno=0000309004&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=why%
20internet%20backbones%20are%20useful&title=Who%20C
ontrols%20the%20Internet%3F&res=Y&ren=N&gov=N&lnk=
N&ic=N )
o Glenny, Misha. "Who Controls the Internet?." Financial Times. 09 Oct.
2010: 1. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 23 Sep. 2014.
2. Paragraph comparing article
The MindTap material was educating you on the history on Internet
usage, and also about internet backbones. Internet backbones are
basically the connection between networks to that everyone can share
information over the Internet. The article I found was talking about how
the Internet went from being used by geeks to now being used for
political, social, and military actions.
o These two pieces of information are similar and different at the
same time. They both talk about how one thing can connect the
world to the same informational material, and also the different
ways it can be used.
o More facts that I have found include how much the internet has
grown over the course of its existence. And how much our privacy
is being eroded more than ever.
o The historical facts that I read about before I searched for the
article helped me understand todays technology by giving me a
perspective on what the internet used to be, and comparing it to
what I know it is now.
3. Additional topic related to wireless communications or networks.
Computer Network (Unit 5-4)
Article American Broadcasting COS. V. AEREO, INC
o (http://sks.sirs.com.ccbcmd.idm.oclc.org/cgi-bin/hst-article-
display?id=S3673369-0-
9831&artno=0000364102&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=home%20
networks%2C%20Internet%20home%20server&title=AMERICAN
%20BROADCASTING%20COS%2E%20v%2E%20AEREO%2C%20
INC%2E%20&res=Y&ren=N&gov=N&lnk=N&ic=N )
o "AMERICAN BROADCASTING COS. v. AEREO, INC." No Source Assigned.
25 Jun. 2014: n.p. SIRS Government Reporter. Web. 23 Sep. 2014.
4. Paragraph comparing article
In the MindTap unit, it explains the different kind of networks there
are. One is personal networks (Bluetooth), home networks (internet
servers) local area networks (school computers, computers in a
hospital), wide area networks (cities, across countries, across the
world). The article I found talks about having people who subscribe
to stream shows, and being able to stream those shows onto their
mobile devices, and not having the freedom to do so because of
AEREO copyright.
o These articles are similar because they talk about the uses of
different networks and how theyre used. The usage of
streaming to mobile devices would be used in a wide area
network, and I know that because I read about what a wide
area network was in the MindTap unit.
o Additional facts that I found were that there is a copyright
against being able to share a tv network without paying
licensing fees.
o Knowing about the history of the internet helped my
understand this unit because I saw how when the internet first
started, it was only between 13 computers. But now the
internet can share information between millions and millions
of mobile devices, and desktop computers.