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        This is our Dutch Net Neutrality clause. <br>
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        Article 7.4a [Enters into force on 1 January 2013]<br>
        1. Providers of public electronic communications networks via
        which Internet access services are<br>
        delivered and providers of Internet access services shall not
        hinder or slow down applications or<br>
        services on the Internet, unless and to the extent that the
        measure in question with which<br>
        applications or services are being hindered or slowed down is
        necessary:<br>
        a. to minimise the effects of congestion, whereby equal types of
        traffic must be treated equally;<br>
        b. to preserve the integrity and security of the network and
        service of the provider in question or<br>
        the end-user’s terminal;<br>
        c. to restrict the transmission to an end-user of unsolicited
        communication within the meaning of<br>
        Article 11.7(1), provided that the end-user has given its prior
        consent for this to be done;<br>
        d. to implement a legislative provision or court order; or<br>
        e. to comply with an express request by the subscriber to
        obstruct services or applications due to<br>
        ideological reasons specified by the subscriber if the provider
        does not offer the subscriber a<br>
        monetary or other advantage for this request and the provider
        already offered the option of<br>
        complying with such a request prior to 1 June 2011.<br>
        2. If an infraction of the integrity or security of the network
        or the service or a terminal of an end-user,<br>
        as referred to in (b) of the first paragraph, is being caused by
        traffic coming from the terminal of an<br>
        end-user, the provider, prior to taking the measure which
        hinders or slows down the traffic, must<br>
        notify the end-user in question, in order to allow the end-user
        to terminate the infraction. Where the<br>
        required urgency means that this is not possible prior to the
        measure being taken, the provider<br>
        must give notice of the measure as soon as possible. The first
        sentence shall not apply where this<br>
        concerns an end-user of a different provider.<br>
        3. Providers of Internet access services shall not make their
        charges for Internet access services<br>
        dependent on the services and applications which are offered or
        used via said services.<br>
        4. Specific rules with regard to the provisions in paragraphs 1
        to 3 may be provided by way of a<br>
        general administrative order. The proposal for a general
        administrative order as provided for under<br>
        this paragraph shall not be made earlier than four weeks after
        the draft has been submitted to both<br>
        Houses of the States General.<br>
        5. In order to prevent the degradation of service delivery and
        the hindering or slowing down of traffic<br>
        via public electronic communications networks, minimum
        requirements regarding the quality of<br>
        service of publicly available electronic communications services
        may be imposed by or pursuant to<br>
        a general administrative order on providers of public electronic
        communications networks.<br>
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        Please send me a mail if anybody wants the full text of the law.<br>
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          Alex Blom<br>
          ISOC NL<br>
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      On 5/28/2013 10:29 PM, Edwin A. Opare wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">Is anybody able to share pdf versions of their
        Network Neutrality legislation to assist other countries yet to
        develop and pass such legislation? 
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        <div style="">Best,</div>
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          EAO</div>
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          <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 8:06 PM,
            Alexander Blom <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                <div><font face="Arial">In the Netherlands we have the
                    proper legislation in place (net neutrality is in
                    the law since the 1st of January this year), but in
                    our experience, that </font>still does not mean
                  that every ISP and mobile operator will behave, or
                  that net neutrality will be enforced by the
                  authorities if they don't. In my opinion what can
                  really contribute to protect net neutralty is lots of
                  angry subscribers/consumers/internet users. <br>
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                  Alex Blom<br>
                  ISOC NL
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                      On 5/28/2013 9:28 PM, Edwin A. Opare wrote:<br>
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                      <div dir="ltr">Grigori,
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                        <div>I just don't get it. Why should Google or
                          Skype or anyone else pay extra money for using
                          an already existing infrastructure?
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                          <div>I hope Beeline, Tele2 and Megafon are not
                            following the same course as MTC, because it
                            will definitely stifle innovation, cripple
                            competition and user options, and in the
                            long run the next Google or Microsoft or
                            VKonktake will never "start up".</div>
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                          <div>This is a huge challenge and it needs to
                            be addressed ASAP!<br>
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                          <div>Best,</div>
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                          <div>EAO</div>
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                            <div class="gmail_quote"> On Tue, May 28,
                              2013 at 6:44 PM, Grigori Saghyan <span
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                                #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Dear Eric,<br>
                                some bad news from Russia.<br>
                                Yesterday one of the largest cell
                                operator in Russia - MTC- have sent a<br>
                                proposal   to the ministry of
                                communications. The idea of the proposal<br>
                                is to issue a special licenses for Skype
                                and  Google  for their VoIP<br>
                                services  and collect money from these
                                companies for VoIP services.<br>
                                You can translate this information from
                                 Russian on<br>
                                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                  href="http://lenta.ru/news/2013/05/27/skype/"
                                  target="_blank">http://lenta.ru/news/2013/05/27/skype/</a><br>
                                As you understand, lot of countries, who
                                have signed well known ITRs,<br>
                                have similar approaches with Russia, and
                                can implement  Russian practice.<br>
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                                  Grigori Saghyan<br>
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                                  On <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                                    11</a>:44, Eric Akumiah wrote:<br>
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                                  <div>> Hi everyone,<br>
                                    ><br>
                                    > We have been experience a shut
                                    down of Skype by some of our Mobile<br>
                                    > Broadband operators and I want
                                    to know if any chapter has
                                    experience<br>
                                    > such a thing and what measures
                                    were used to address it. We intent<br>
                                    > complain to the regulator in
                                    the Ministry of Communications here
                                    in a<br>
                                    > position paper. We will like
                                    some input from any chapter who has
                                    had<br>
                                    > such an experience.<br>
                                    ><br>
                                    > Kind regards<br>
                                    > Eric<br>
                                    > President,<br>
                                    > Ghana Chapter<br>
                                    ><br>
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