[Chapter-delegates] Dutch will enshrine net neutrality in telecom law

[Frederic Donck]

Thanks a lot for sharing Michael. Heard about this project but had no further details
Allow me to share this with ISOC chapters, and in particular our EU chapters. Has anybody been able to put his hands on the draft and give more details on the process here?


Best Regards
Frederic

Frederic Donck
Director European Regional Bureau
Internet Society

www.isoc.org




Le 25 mai 2011 à 16:11, Michael Gurstein a écrit :

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> Subject: Dutch will enshrine net neutrality in telecom law
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> hereby the press release, translated, with comments in italics. 
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> Guarantee for a free internet in the telecommunications law
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> The Telecommunications law will be changed to guarantee a free (unobstructed RB) access to the internet. Minister Verhagen, Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation announced this in the second chamber of parliament on Tuesday May 24th.
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> Skype and Whatsapp
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> Some providers of mobile internet had announced a surcharge for specific services. This because of the needed investments in the network and the decline in voice and sms-traffic. Minister Verhagen isn’t against paying for the quantity or the speed of the data traffic.  The Cabinet (Council of Ministers, including the prime minister RB) however is of the opinion that a surcharge on specific services like Skype or Whatsapp goes too far.
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> Netneutrality
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> Minister Verhagen will draft a proposal in the coming weeks to include this in the telecommunications law. That means that the so called netneutrality will be legally incorporated. The consumer can then entrust that specific internet service on their mobile will not be additionally taxed or blocked by mobile providers. The Second Chamber of Parliament had insisted on this through the motion Bakhuizen (a motion is a request of the Second Chamber of parliament on a minister or the cabinet to take action in a specific case, often leaving the minister a bit of leeway in the way he executes the motion. The motion was accepted by most parties in parliament, except one of the ruling coalition’s parties, who weren’t against the idea of netneutrality, but more concerned about the specific way it would be implement RB)
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> European Union
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> Verhagen will also confer in the European Union about free access to internet. The Netherlands is with this announced change in the law one of the first countries in the world to guarantee free access to the internet in law.
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> Garantie vrij internet in telecomwet
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> Nieuwsbericht | 24-05-2011
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> De Telecomwet wordt gewijzigd om vrije toegang tot het internet te garanderen. Dat maakte minister van Economische Zaken, Landbouw en Innovatie Verhagen dinsdag 24 mei 2011 bekend in de Tweede Kamer.
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> Skype en WhatsApp
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> Sommige providers van mobiel internet hadden een heffing aangekondigd voor bepaalde diensten. Dit vanwege de benodigde investeringen in het netwerk en het afnemende bel- en sms-verkeer. Minister Verhagen is niet tegen betaling voor de hoeveelheid of de snelheid van het dataverkeer. Het kabinet vindt een heffing op bepaalde diensten zoals Skype of WhatsApp echter te ver gaan.
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> Netneutraliteit
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> Minister Verhagen komt binnen enkele weken met een voorstel om dit op te nemen in de Telecomwet. Daarmee wordt de zogeheten netneutraliteit wettelijk vastgelegd. De consument kan er dan van op aan dat specifieke internetdiensten op de mobiel niet extra door de providers worden belast of geblokkeerd. De Tweede Kamer had daarop met de motie Braakhuizen al eerder aangedrongen.
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> Europese Unie
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> Verhagen zal ook binnen de Europese Unie overleg voeren over vrije toegang tot internet. Nederland is met de voorgenomen wetswijziging één van de eerste landen in de wereld die de vrije toegang tot internet wettelijk garandeert.
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