[url]http://www.numerama.com/magazine/28966-victoire-pour-la-neutralite-du-net-au-parlement-europeen.html[/url] (french)
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Here's a rough translation of the article:
The spirits were weak in face of intense lobbying telecom operators, but the European Parliament ended up adopting on Thursday by a large majority the "Pilar Del Castillo" report on the single-telecoms market, [B]in an amended version to save and impose net neutrality in Europe[/B]. The efforts of the Quadrature du Net, among others, have been successful.
The European parliament adopted the amendment submitted by the French socialist Catherine Trautmann and Pirate Party MEP Amelia Andersdotter (Member of the greens' group), which provides a clear and unambiguous definition for net neutrality
[I]"network neutrality", the principle that all Internet traffic is treated equally, without discrimination, restriction or interference , regardless of the sender, recipient, type, content, the device, service or application;[/I]
Then they changed the contents of the report to clarify that "the service of internet access" offered by ISPs and mobile operators should be understood as providing a "connectivity to the internet, according to the principle of net neutrality , and hence connectivity between almost all endpoints of the internet, regardless of technology or network terminal equipment used. "
Similarly, MEPs adopted an amendment that states that users are not simply "free" to use services of their choice, but they are "entitled" to do so.
Thus, the text has adopted that users are "right of access to information and content and to disseminate , implement and deliver applications and services and use the terminal of their choice , regardless the location of the end user or supplier , or whatever the place of origin or destination of the service , information or content through their access service to internet."
Better yet, while operators are tempted to limit the quality offered Internet access to favor "managed services" they offer parallel Internet (including their "box"), the European Parliament has imposed that these "specialized services" relate exclusively to services that are not "usable" as a substitute for internet access .
"These services are offered only if the network capacity is sufficient to provide more access to internet services and they do not affect the availability or the quality of services of access to internet", requires the European Parliament.
Finally, "providers offering Internet access to end-users do not discriminate between services or applications equivalents at the functional level."
Europe can to bring us freedom. We freed you it's time for you to free us.
Welcome to the club rest of the EU
[QUOTE=Aide;44438408]Europe can to bring us freedom. We freed you it's time for you to free us.[/QUOTE]anschluss zeit
meanwhile in america we get fucked and can do little to nothing about it
I love living in Europe.
[QUOTE=Swebonny;44438446]I love living in Europe.[/QUOTE]
It's the least worst place to live.
[QUOTE=Teddybeer;44438479]I think we should push for delivering a minimum of 50 Mbps to everyone in Europe. Everyone below it should get their internet for free until the ISP get of their collective asses and provide better speeds. After that make data limits illegal and require by law to have a clear FUP (fair use policy), currently I have a FUP but my ISP refuses to inform me what is and isn't fair use when it comes to data usage.[/QUOTE]
Switch to XS4ALL, they are total bros.
I love EU
please people stop being nationalist idiots and support this institution
It might not be perfect but it seems to be one of the last bastions of real democracy concerned more about good of its real people rather than lobbies.
If EU falls, the corporations will pick our countries and entire society apart.
It's not some sort of conspiracy or malicious intent, the current economic system is driving them to that. EU seems to be one of the very last big intuitions that are enduring the pressure.
Suck it, corporate asshats!
Really happy to hear this. I was actually getting afraid that this could be the end of the free internet, no matter how dramatic it sounds.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;44438535]I love EU
please people stop being nationalist idiots and support this institution
It might not be perfect but it seems to be one of the last bastions of real democracy concerned more about good of its real people rather than lobbies.
If EU falls, the corporations will pick our countries and entire society apart.
It's not some sort of conspiracy or malicious intent, the current economic system is driving them to that. EU seems to be one of the very last big intuitions that are enduring the pressure.[/QUOTE]
No man, EU sucks. I can't name any specific reasons and things they've done to support the statement that they suck, but they do suck.
BNP!
[QUOTE=Swebonny;44438604]No man, EU sucks. I can't name any specific reasons and things they've done to support the statement that they suck, but they do suck.
BNP![/QUOTE]
You forgot it's secret Nazi take over
[QUOTE=LuaChobo;44438516]this doesnt happen in australia because everyone has bad internet
well, i have 100/40 but yeah
lets hope australian ISPs stay blind to what they can possibly do[/QUOTE]
We've already got net neutrality and odds are we aren't going to lose it, because our entire net infrastructure is based off shared common services (i.e. ADSL), any ISP can offer any service to any customer, somebody blocking YouTube would just see their customers switch to another ISP.
That was the plan for the NBN as well, a common shared infrastructure that ISPs could use.
[QUOTE=Teddybeer;44438509]They don't provide fiber and max 50 Mbps, while I have fiber and 150/150 Mbps :v:. At lower costs even.[/QUOTE]
My parents live in one of the outer-areas in the north of the Netherlands. They can only get KPN ADSL, which due to distance to the hub is limited to 5 Mbit at most. It's quite shitty. Their hope is that 4G will become cheap enough to subscribe to at some point, because they'll probably be the last people in the country to be connected to cable or fiber.
[QUOTE=Swebonny;44438604]No man, EU sucks. I can't name any specific reasons and things they've done to support the statement that they suck, but they do suck.
BNP![/QUOTE]
Muh bendy bananas.
Can the US please join the EU now? We want to be civilized too.
Here in texas with my 5 mbps, a lot of neighborhoods near me are getting speeds like 100 mbps but...nope... just stranded here.
But yeah while decent internet is important, 50 mbps seems to be a bit high to be forced upon ISPs.
The internet seems to vary a lot state-by-state. Hell, even county but county in the USA
I have my city's own fiber connection, at 30/30 it's pretty good. No caps, no bullshit.
Comcast is threatening to buy them out though, which would (suck)
I want to avoid Comcast, Charter, Verizon, and Time Warner as much as possible.
[QUOTE=Glitchman;44439111]The internet seems to vary a lot state-by-state. Hell, even county but county in the USA
I have my city's own fiber connection, at 30/30 it's pretty good. No caps, no bullshit.
Comcast is threatening to buy them out though, which would (suck)
Charter[/QUOTE]
charter's pretty good at least in my experience, they don't seem to dick people around much. When I lived in an apartment they were awesome.
[QUOTE=Aide;44438408]Europe can to bring us freedom. We freed you it's time for you to free us.[/QUOTE]
surprise annexation
[quote]"network neutrality", the principle that all Internet traffic is treated equally, without discrimination, restriction or interference , regardless of the sender, recipient, type, content, the device, service or application;[/quote]
How does this affect piracy? Does this mean that ISPs aren't allowed snoop/block torrent traffic?
[QUOTE=Larikang;44440168]How does this affect piracy? Does this mean that ISPs aren't allowed snoop/block torrent traffic?[/QUOTE]
at least that part does not mention looking at what you're sending
plus they can let you keep pirating stuff and just send you a notice
[QUOTE=Uber|nooB;44440184]at least that part does not mention looking at what you're sending
plus they can let you keep pirating stuff and just send you a notice[/QUOTE]
It's time for old gold
[video=youtube;SAp0xO-LwFs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAp0xO-LwFs[/video]
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;44438535]I love EU
please people stop being nationalist idiots and support this institution
It might not be perfect but it seems to be one of the last bastions of real democracy concerned more about good of its real people rather than lobbies.
If EU falls, the corporations will pick our countries and entire society apart.
It's not some sort of conspiracy or malicious intent, the current economic system is driving them to that. EU seems to be one of the very last big intuitions that are enduring the pressure.[/QUOTE]
if the UK leaves the EU, I will probably leave the UK
More americans should visit europe, they'd love it here in the free world
Woo Europe
[video=youtube;Jo_-KoBiBG0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo_-KoBiBG0[/video]
I hope the Federalization will happen soon, the EU is the best thing that happened to this continent
[QUOTE=Swineflu;44441481][video=youtube;Jo_-KoBiBG0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo_-KoBiBG0[/video]
I hope the Federalization will happen soon, the EU is the best thing that happened to this continent[/QUOTE]
It is not going to happen in the near future.
[QUOTE=Swineflu;44441481][video=youtube;Jo_-KoBiBG0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo_-KoBiBG0[/video]
I hope the Federalization will happen soon, the EU is the best thing that happened to this continent[/QUOTE]
I think the EU is great but I don't want federalisation
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