[cooperation-wg] EP "Connected Continent" and Internet Fast Lane provisions?
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Meredith Whittaker
meredithrachel at google.com
Wed Mar 19 17:24:05 CET 2014
Thanks for the pointers, Wouter. Does anyone know whether there are efforts from the technical community to weigh in here? I would be interested in understanding better, and understanding the forces behind the current formulation of the legislation generally. Cheers, Meredith On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 12:03 PM, Wouter van Hulten <wouter at vanhulten.com>wrote: > Hi Meredith, > > > > Dutch MEP Marietje Schaake posted on her blog: > > > http://www.marietjeschaake.eu/2014/03/mep-net-neutrality-and-the-open-internet-traded-off-in-telecoms-package/ > > > > http://thenextweb.com/eu/2014/03/18/meps-vote-approve-net-neutrality-plan-allow-isps-prioritize-specialized-services/ > > > > If these rules go through, the Dutch net neutrality law in force since 1 > januari 2013 is threatened, as commented on in these articles > http://www.telecompaper.com/nieuws/itre-stemt-voor-telecompakket-kroes--1002723 and > > http://www.computeridee.nl/nieuws/nederlandse-netneutraliteit-onder-vuur-door-europa/ > . > > > > regards, > > Wouter > > > > Colocation Research > > www.coloresearch.com > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* cooperation-wg-bounces at ripe.net [cooperation-wg-bounces at ripe.net] > on behalf of Meredith Whittaker [meredithrachel at google.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 19, 2014 4:23 PM > *To:* cooperation-wg at ripe.net > *Subject:* [cooperation-wg] EP "Connected Continent" and Internet Fast > Lane provisions? > > Hi all, > > Interested in your thoughts on the EP vote to approve the Connected > Continent legislation. > > The press release<http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20140318IPR39210/html/Net-neutralityIndustry-MEPs-want-stricter-rules-against-blocking-rival-services>states that, "Companies would still able to offer specialized services of > higher quality, such as video on demand and business-critical > data-intensive cloud applications, provided that this does not interfere > with the internet speeds promised to other customers." > > This appears to be allowing for "fast lane" service. At least, that's > how it's being read in the US trade press. > > Thoughts? > > Cheers, > Meredith > > -- > > Meredith Whittaker > Program Manager, Google Research > Google NYC > > -- Meredith Whittaker Program Manager, Google Research Google NYC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/cooperation-wg/attachments/20140319/7b603bad/attachment.html>
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