Just one day after EU parliament decision German Telekom announces plans for priority treatment agai - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Well that was quick. Europe’s controversial new net neutrality rules haven’t even come into force yet and German mobile carrier Deutsche Telekom is suggesting it intends to charge startups to boost the quality of their services under the new rules — as many in the tech industry had feared.[/QUOTE] Source: [url]http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/30/guaranteed-good-transmission-quality-vs-paid-prioritisation/[/url] This is actually just one part of their plans, they also target online video, gaming, video conferences and more. That part is not really detailed in the source above, there is more in this German source below. [url]http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/netzneutralitaet-telekom-kuendigt-internet-maut-an-a-1060196.html[/url] Two good quotes from their blog: [QUOTE]Small companies cannot afford this. If they want to bring services to market which require guaranteed good transmission quality, it is precisely these companies that need special services. By our reckoning, they would pay a couple of percent for this in the form of revenue-sharing.[/QUOTE] [Quote]Why are these special services needed on the net? The Internet is multifaceted, and creates services that nobody could have imagined until recently. From video conferences, online gaming, telemedecine and automated traffic management, through to self-driving cars and connected production processes in industry.[/quote] Source: [url]https://www.telekom.com/media/management-to-the-point/291728[/url] Give the blog a read, that is basically the main source. Sad to hear but Vodafone (and KabelDeutschland, they merged not so long ago) agree with the DT and have similar plans.

Good thing I'm using Unitymedia. Telekom is expensive and the service isn't that great either.

Good thing we have net neutrallity

[QUOTE=JackDestiny;49014474]Good thing I'm using Unitymedia. Telekom is expensive and the service isn't that great either.[/QUOTE] Do you really think the others won't follow? [editline]30th October 2015[/editline] The absolute icing on the cake is their PR guy calling net neutrality a "myth" [url]https://twitter.com/phil_em/status/659837260511211520[/url]

Oh god this is terrible, like if it weren't enough the bad news we are getting on the last month.

[QUOTE=Mega1mpact;49014611]Good thing we have net neutrallity[/QUOTE] EU law overrules national law though.

It's not only priority treatment for higher prices, they also plan to take parts of profits for data-intensive services.

[QUOTE=killu4;49014677]Do you really think the others won't follow? [editline]30th October 2015[/editline] The absolute icing on the cake is their PR guy calling net neutrality a "myth" [url]https://twitter.com/phil_em/status/659837260511211520[/url][/QUOTE] Holy shit, what a fucking idiot. He is ignoring basic logic and is pretty much in denial about everything. I'm seething with rage just by reading his tweets, fuck!

The fact that this comes immediately after the decision was made makes me think that Telekom had their hands in the vote somehow.

[QUOTE]Philipp Blank, Jahrgang 77, ist gelernter Journalist (Kölner Schule) sowie Volkswirt und wollte eigentlich die Welt verbessern. Daraus wurde nix und deshalb spricht er jetzt für die Telekom, was auch toll ist.[/QUOTE] Basically he tried to change the world for the better but now he works for Telekom, which is cool, too. That's literally the translation to this text. Wow, this guy...

I guess some companies are just a little bit MORE equal.

And that's how it starts. Only way to change it now is it get a law on national level forbidding it.

Well, Telekom isn't the only company to do this. As far as I know Vodafone wants to do it as well. Wasn't really surprising. It's a bit shitty for me though, because they're the only ones to grant me 100 Mbit/s here. So far the service was quite alright, nothing to complain about.

Too bad they always try to compromise moral for money, always.

the market will self regulate, companies can be trusted to be fair. Competition makes it ok bla bla bla

[QUOTE=MrThompson;49014730]EU law overrules national law though.[/QUOTE] only in certain instances. EU law often states merely a minimum standard. One of the few exceptions is 83/2011

It's a shame T-Mobile US is owned by DT. I'm sure the thought of splitting off from DT has crossed John's mind at least a few times. While T-Mobile is making good decisions in the US, DT is just acting like they have no clue at all.

Surprising this isn't getting more attention, net neutrality is more or less killed in the EU and none is showing outrage about it.

[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;49023301]It's a shame T-Mobile US is owned by DT. I'm sure the thought of splitting off from DT has crossed John's mind at least a few times. While T-Mobile is making good decisions in the US, DT is just acting like they have no clue at all.[/QUOTE] legere is probably sitting in his fancy ass room right now spinning in his chair going "nooooo what the fuck guys?"

And, as always, when Germany does something [B]All [/B]of Europe bends over and does the same shit eventually. So I'm expecting this crap to pop up everywhere here now.