[Chapter-delegates] Network neutrality and EU Telecoms Package

[Marcin Cieslak]

On Wed, 11 Sep 2013, Joly MacFie wrote:

> Mark Perkins post a link on the Internet Society
> linkedin<http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=1430> to
> some critical analysis

EU document COM(2013)637:

http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/cf/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=2734

proposes (page 12):

* the obligation on providers to provide unhindered connection to all content, 
applications or services being accessed by end-users – also referred to as Net 
Neutrality - while regulating the use of traffic management measures by operators in 
respect of general internet access. At the same time, the legal framework for 
specialised services with enhanced quality is clarified.  


Lots of this is based on a study "Steps towards a truly Internal Market 
for e-communications. In the run-up to 2020" commissioned by the EU in 2011:

http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ecomm/doc/library/ext_studies/cost_non_europe/im_e_com.pdf

All those documents express hope that finally a market for QoS-based
services emerges, and standarization of "Managed IP" interfaces
will bring more competition in relations between "application"
providers and "network" providers.

Interesting analysis, but I am not sure I would agree with symptoms
described or solutions proposed.

//Marcin