If they ban zero-rating (and similar crap) while preserving the ability to do QoS, then good work.
Net neutrality activists claim victory in Europe
Net neutrality activists are claiming victory following the publication of final guidelines by European regulators. The Body of European Regulators of Electronic Communications, or BEREC, has published 45 pages of rules [PDF] that will act as the baseline for national regulators. They impose strict neutrality regulations on …
COMMENTS
-
-
Wednesday 31st August 2016 14:11 GMT Anonymous Coward
Three mobile
QOS is fine, but hopefully this will stop the crap that Three is currently pulling for roaming. They effectively block (throttle down to bps) Google so you can't use any of their services, search, maps, mail, drive, anything while allowing Bing to operate at full speed.
They do the same with many other services. It used to be fine but my latest trip across 10 European countries showed the same problem in every one, and yet a Vodafone roaming or local sim worked fine. Speedtest was showing high speeds on Three, but try to use many services and it wouldn't let you.
-
Wednesday 31st August 2016 06:57 GMT Anonymous Coward
Jesus! I'm so tired of living in a socialist hell. =( If it is my infrastructure, and I paid for it, I decide how it is going to be used. Enough said!
"Although the telco industry is not happy about having potential revenue streams cut off, the thorough policy-making job carried out by BEREC has made it difficult for them to complain."
And also, let's add that the people being made redundant are not happy too, and the increase in prices are not that great too. I will be forced to pay for the people who stream high definition video, simple as that.
-
-
-
Wednesday 31st August 2016 12:21 GMT Erroneous Howard
VED
It's also (as I'm sure you know) based on emissions. So unless they start measuring cyclists farts when they ride (which would make a really interesting spectacle in an MOT station!) then they are the same as fully electric cars in that respect (for which you also pay no VED of course).
Although I think the whole thing was a tongue-in-cheek reply to a tongue-in-cheek reply so I've no idea what I'm on about.
-
Wednesday 31st August 2016 12:19 GMT Tom 7
Road Tax only for cyclists
given road damage is axle weight to the 4th power the tax charge on a cyclist would cost £4.90 more to collect than the 10p it would bring in. or £49.90 more if the contract is PFIed. And even an unhealthy beer drinking fat bastard like myself doesnt put out anywhere near the pollution of a car.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 31st August 2016 08:30 GMT Teiwaz
"If they really were scalping, someone would've come along and undercut them by now."
- The battle is on in getting customers to sign up, once the 3 months intro is up, the undercuter ups it again, they've also got shareholders and large executive salaries to pay (not to mention a half assed customer support service to barely run*).
*This is not meant to be a thinly veiled reference to any provider, they are all much the same.
-
Wednesday 31st August 2016 08:45 GMT Gene Cash
> someone would've come along and undercut them by now.
Look at Google's fiber rollout here in the states. AT&T is fighting tooth and nail to keep them from being able to put their cable on the poles. Various monopoly providers are suing cities and state government to keep Google out.
And that's a company with Google's deep pockets. A startup wouldn't have a hope.
I'm sure the telcos in Europe are equally adept at the legal shenanigans to keep possible competitors out.
-
-
Wednesday 31st August 2016 10:50 GMT Anonymous Coward
In America, criticizing the "(un)free market" is so close to actual heresy, they have to skirt around the issue.
"I'm not saying saying government should involve itself in private companies, but maybe having raging monopolies isn't in everyone's best interest".
"I swear on this copy of Atlas Shrugged that I'm not a socialist, but why are drug prices so high in America compared to either Canada or Mexico?"
-
-
-
-