[Chapter-delegates] Netherlands is First Country in Europe with Net Neutrality

[Charles Oloo]

Dear Rudi.

This is a milestone achievement for the Netherlands fraternity.  Internet
users worldwide would benefit immensely if such a legislation was enacted
globally by all countries.  But as Alejandro Pisanty, of Mexico has argued,
Mexico, and other stakeholders in other countries may have issues with such
legislation.  The correct methodology would be to engage a wide
constituency of stakeholders so that arguments and concerns by the various
groups are addressed and considered. Each country provides a unique
experiences as well as  differences in opinion and these depends on the
understanding of the underlying issues by the legislators as well and those
who lead the process.

In this case, the  Netherlands case provides a case study worth emulating
and we would be very interested to learn how the whole process evolved.

Charles Oloo
ISOC Kenya Chapter




On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Rudi Vansnick <rudi.vansnick at isoc.be>wrote:

> Netherlands is First Country in Europe with Net Neutrality<http://e2ma.net/go/11036753017/208894755/234081773/1411202/goto:http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2012/05/09/netherlands-net-neutrality/>
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> <http://e2ma.net/go/11036753017/208894755/234081774/1411202/goto:http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2012/05/09/netherlands-net-neutrality/>May
> 8th, 2012 is a day to celebrate in The Netherlands as it becomes the first
> country in Europe to protect its citizens by enshrining net neutrality into
> law. The Netherlands is also implementing privacy protections for users
> against wiretapping and disconnection by the Internet Service Providers
> (ISPs), which will no longer be able to interrupt traffic of users unless
> it is proven to be in the public interest. (Global Voices, 5-8)
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> http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2012/05/09/netherlands-net-neutrality/
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