Is net neutrality key to academic freedom and wider access?

Campaigners say US move could see download speeds for academic content slow and tuition fees rise

Published on
December 19, 2017
Last updated
January 3, 2018
Sara Custer
Net neutrality supporters
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The need for speed: ‘throttling’ threatens to disrupt distance learning and online exams and communities, particularly for Americans living in rural areas where advanced telecommunications capability is limited
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Print headline: Is academia dot-com facing life in the internet slow lane?

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