For decades now, the traditional telcos keep trying to find ways to get newer companies to pay them... whether it is dressed up as " #FairShare " or #NetworkFees or "dispute resolution" or whatever... in the end they are flawed ideas that are solutions trying to find problems (that don't exist). My @internetsociety colleague Carl Gahnberg writes about concerns with the European Commission's proposal for the #DigitalNetworksAct / #DNA ...
#NetworkFees
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“Network Fees” = Fair Share by the back door
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #NetworkFees #FairShare #OpenInternet #NetNeutrality
#DigitalSingleMarket #CompetitionPolicy #SMEs #Innovation
#EUdigital #EUlaw
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🔥The #DigitalNetworksAct is here. Is #NetNeutrality safe, or is the "Fair Share" debate back?
The fine print suggests the network fee battle is far from over.
🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/information-labs_digitalnetworksact-telecompolicy-netneutrality-activity-7419692053443350530-SHfh/
#FairShare #NetworkFees
Press release 📄 #DigitalNetworksAct: Commission Introduces Backdoor to Resurrect Network Fees 🌐
@MTStecher: "This is not a ‘voluntary conciliation’ procedure, but one that will create new disputes, clearly opening the door to #NetworkFees."
Explainer 📑 #NetworkFees in Disguise: The Negative Consequences of Including IP Dispute Resolution in the #DigitalNetworksAct
🔥 #NetworkFees redux
Former US NTIA expert @redthistle.bsky.social (@cepa.org) advocates the last thing Europe “should do is introduce backward-looking, counterproductive #networkfees.”
A clear message for policymakers ahead of the #DigitalNetworksAct!
🔗 https://www.epluseurope.com/Network%20Fees%20Project.pdf
EU #Consumers at Risk: How the #DigitalNetworksAct Could Reshape the Internet ⛔
In this video, @Claudi0Teixeira, Head of Digital Policy at #BEUC, explains why defending #NetNeutrality is essential for European consumers. 👇
#FairShare #NetworkFees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVoQHEu_Cg
🔥 Sender Pay Rules: Lessons from Korea’s Failed Experiment
Evidence matters: Korea’s experience shows what happens when regulation forgets about competition & innovation.
🔗 More details: www.opennetkorea.org/en/wp/7292
#DNA #NetworkFees #DisputeResolution
🔥 A fight is brewing in Italy about #CDNs!
Italian regulator #AGCOM gets pushback from @cloudflare.social and @netflix.com for its attempt to reclassify CDNs as Electronic Communications Networks.
A move that was criticised by others for opening the door to #NetworkFees!
#DNA
From IP Disputes to #NetworkFees: The Danger in the #DigitalNetworksAct ⚠️
🎬 @MTStecher breaks down how disguising network fees as an #IP dispute mechanism would hurt the #OpenInternet, stifle innovation, and increase costs for everyone – including #internet users. 👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGLlyudJgl0
.@MTStecher on forthcoming #DigitalNetworksAct:
"We urge EU policymakers to learn from 🇮🇹 #Italy’s misstep and ensure that the DNA does not include any #IP mechanism that could be used to impose #NetworkFees – 🚪 directly or through the back door."
We are very excited to co-organise this #DigitalNetworksAct event with Euractiv on 16 October, exploring how the DNA could reshape Europe’s #OpenInternet. 👇 Register now!
#DigitalDecade #FairShare #IPinterconnection #NetNeutrality #NetworkFees
Press release 📄 Italy’s Move Towards #NetworkFees Sets Blueprint for EU Under #DigitalNetworksAct
☎️ "Mandating IP dispute resolution is exactly what Europe’s big #telecom CEOs are lobbying for."
Ahead of #DigitalNetworksAct, Professor Webb cautions @EU_Commission not to fall into #telcos’ false claims.
🤥 "Not only is #data usage no longer growing exponentially, it will soon not be growing at all."
⬇️ #NetNeutrality #NetworkFees #OpenInternet https://project-disco.org/european-union/telecom-myths-the-commission-cant-afford-to-believe/
#DigitalNetworksAct: "The 🇪🇺 Commission should drop the idea of an arbitration or dispute resolution mechanism."
"There is no market failure, it would unfairly benefit dominant #telecos and effectively introduce #NetworkFees."
👉 https://project-disco.org/european-union/what-the-eu-can-learn-from-the-swisscom-init7-dispute/ #NetNeutrality
🔥 Will the US-EU trade deal put a stop to #NetworkFees? Don’t celebrate just yet!
This might change nothing as the EC switched to "dispute resolution," not fees.
Moreover, the EC claims it made “no commitment on digital regulation”.
🔗 https://t.co/J9WXpOC86r
#DigitalNetworksAct
The #networkfees #fairshare fees are off the table thanks to the EU-White House trade deal. One might expect that I am happy these fees are now off the table, because I oppose them, but I don't like it to go this way. www.linkedin.com/posts/rudolf... #netneutrality #digitalnetworksact
Network fees, termination fees...
#DigitalNetworksAct: "There's a #monopoly problem, #ISPs control the only route to the subscriber."
"Large #telcos might try this tactic to 🤑 extract revenue from popular #content providers and stifle #ISP competition."
https://project-disco.org/european-union/what-the-eu-can-learn-from-the-swisscom-init7-dispute/ #FairShare #NetworkFees
#DigitalNetworksAct: What Can 🇪🇺 Learn from Swisscom-INIT7 Dispute? 💡
"The Commission should drop the idea of an arbitration or dispute mechanism. There is no market failure, it would unfairly benefit dominant #telcos, and introduce #NetworkFees."
https://project-disco.org/european-union/what-the-eu-can-learn-from-the-swisscom-init7-dispute/
🔥Hot Item: Fighting for Net Neutrality – Our Chat with @socialhack from the Netzbremse Coalition About Their Complaint Against Deutsche Telekom 🔥
📢 "Access is no longer universal."
📺 Watch now:: https://t.co/JqQx4G2hE4
#NetNeutrality #IPinterconnection #FairShare #NetworkFees https://t.co/j2yzNrAtjS
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