Mathew, Ashwin J. - In: Internet Policy Review 5 (2016) 3, pp. 1-16
In popular culture, and in policy discussions, the internet is often conceived of as a decentralised technology, which … cannot be controlled. Drawing from research into internet infrastructure, focusing on the Border Gateway Protocol, I show … that the internet has never been, and never can be, decentralised. I argue that the internet is better viewed as being …