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Scarica D108 (documento del GAO)
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is responsible for ensuring that critical telecommunications infrastructure is protected.
According to a DHS study and Internet providers, this additional pandemic-related traffic is likely to exceed the capacity of Internet providers’ network infrastructure in metropolitan residential Internet access networks.
...Some actions, such as reducing customers’ transmission speeds or blocking popular Web sites, could negatively impact e-commerce and require government authorization. However, DHS has not developed a strategy to address potential Internet congestion or worked with federal partners to ensure that sufficient authorities to act exist. It also has not assessed the feasibility of conducting a campaign to obtain public cooperation to reduce nonessential Internet use to relieve congestion. DHS also has not begun coordinating with other federal and private sector entities to assess other actions that could be taken or determine what authorities may be needed to act.
According to a DHS study and Internet providers, this additional pandemic-related traffic is likely to exceed the capacity of Internet providers’ network infrastructure in metropolitan residential Internet access networks.
...Some actions, such as reducing customers’ transmission speeds or blocking popular Web sites, could negatively impact e-commerce and require government authorization. However, DHS has not developed a strategy to address potential Internet congestion or worked with federal partners to ensure that sufficient authorities to act exist. It also has not assessed the feasibility of conducting a campaign to obtain public cooperation to reduce nonessential Internet use to relieve congestion. DHS also has not begun coordinating with other federal and private sector entities to assess other actions that could be taken or determine what authorities may be needed to act.
