#31c3 net neutrality: days of future past
- 1. Net neutrality:
days of future past?
Thomas Lohninger | Initiative für Netzfreiheit
Rejo Zenger | Bits of Freedom
- 5. “Net neutrality requires that the
internet be maintained as an open
platform, on which network providers
treat all content, applications and
services equally, without
discrimination.”
thisisnetneutrality.org
- 10. “The [article] aims to maximise choice
and freedom of expression on the
internet for end users.”
explanatory memorandum Telecommunications Act
- 11. “End-users should be able to decide
what content they want to send and
receive [...]”
explanatory memorandum Telecommunications Act
- 12. “Providers of [internet access
services] do not hinder or slow down
applications and services on the
internet, unless [...]”
Telecommunications Act
- 13. “a) to minimize the effects of
congestion, whereby equal types of
traffic should be treated equally”
Telecommunications Act
- 14. “b) to preserve the integrity and
security of the network and service [...]
or the customer premises equipment”
Telecommunications Act
- 15. “Providers [...] do not make the price
[...] dependent on the services and
applications which are offered or used
[...].”
Telecommunications Act
- 26. Vote in European
Parliament● Adopted with S&D, ALDE,
Greens and GUE
● We got real net neutrality!
● Text is still not perfect
● And enforcement is weak
- 31. Summary
● Their goal: market consolidation
● We suck at the Council
● National fallbacks are necessary
- 36. “[The NRA] believes that in this case
[...] blocking and delaying services that
require a large capacity, is necessary
to minimize the effects of congestion
on mobile connection.”
Dutch NRA to Dutch Railways and T-Mobile
- 38. “Vodafone will end this violation by
offering the Sizz-app as a seperate
service, which can be used
independent to the internet access
service.”
Dutch NRA to Vodafone and RTL
- 50. “Imagine a world in which every single
human being can freely share the sum
of all knowledge. That is our
commitment.”
Wikimedia Foundation Vision Statement
- 55. Day 3 | 17:00 | Noise Square
Net neutrality: what about
interconnect?