Post #4256248
2026-07-30 22:51 UTC
This isn't our idiosyncratic read. The IETF, ITU, and ETSI all describe CDNs as systems that optimize delivery over existing networks—not as networks themselves. Even AGCOM's own description of CDNs concedes the point. 4/5
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@joebeone@techpolicy.social 2026-07-30 22:51
The deeper question: what happens when law and Internet architecture diverge? Get the classification wrong, and you don't just mislabel a technology—you reshape interconnection, competition, and the open Internet. Carl's blog+brief (IT, EN): https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/07/defending-the-open-internet-why-italys-content-delivery-network-decision-matters/ 5/5