A sad day for our future internet freedoms. Are there any upsides to this?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34649067
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34649067
Another reason to vote to get the UK out of the EU ASAP imo. Basically a load of French and German politicians who I didn't vote for decided that we shan't have net neutrality
At least data roaming charges are due to be scrapped, that was passed by a landslide, even though UKIP tried to stop it, and probably helped stop this too.
http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/10/net-neutrality-eu-votes-in-favour-of-internet-fast-lanes-and-slow-lanes/ said:As the German Pirate Party MEP Julia Reda pointed out, the Telecoms Single Market package doesn't even deliver on data roaming: "The plan to place an end to roaming surcharges in Europe has been adopted pending a review of pricing and consumption patterns. Even if the review is completed by the 15 June 2017 deadline, roaming surcharges will only be suspended up to a ‘fair use’ limit beyond which they still apply and continue to hinder the breaking down of barriers within Europe." In other words, those MEPs who voted in favour of the package in the belief that accepting poor net neutrality rules was a price worth paying in order to buy a speedy end to EU roaming charges were played for mugs.
Another reason to vote to get the UK out of the EU ASAP imo. Basically a load of French and German politicians who I didn't vote for decided that we shan't have net neutrality
Another reason to vote to get the UK out of the EU ASAP imo. Basically a load of French and German politicians who I didn't vote for decided that we shan't have net neutrality
One German MEP described the outcome as "regrettable" and added that he felt the regulations as passed do not include a clear definition of net neutrality to inform regulators
They clearly know nothing about network architecture or TCPIP or IP in general, because...you either have congestion or you don't, and when you do have congestion, there are mechanisms in the internet protocol to deal with that, because there has always been congestion in the entire history of the internet at times and it turns out the algorithm is very good at dealing with that. So this is the dumbest thing I have ever seen...citizens of the EU, you need to look into this as this is dumb, and you should not let this stand.
Didn't read the article then?
Haha, pull the other one.Say what you like, but big government and big business fit together hand in glove and they both thrive off opacity and unaccountability - and there's no government more opaque or unaccountable than the EU. At least if Westminster government passed this bill we'd have a chance of getting it reversed in the Lords.
Another reason to vote to get the UK out of the EU ASAP imo. Basically a load of French and German politicians who I didn't vote for decided that we shan't have net neutrality
Haha, pull the other one.
I really don't understand your unswerving faith that the UK political system would safeguard us against things should we leave the UK.
Thanks to the EU Tampons are classed as luxury goods.
Thanks to the EU Tampons are classed as luxury goods.
Well they are banning paid prioritisation, but what constitutes an exemption is far from defined.Wait what? Haven't they voted for it?
What is going on? What does all this mean then?
I've never paid much attention to all this but just read this as well and it sheds a bit more on the subject but still unsure how this is all evil and doom and gloom....