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But we have had this battle in the UK, and not just with BT. Most of the ISPs have at some point or other been accused of throttling BBC's iPlayer: http://www.p
by bazzargh 12y ago
But we have had this battle in the UK, and not just with BT. Most of the ISPs have at some point or other been accused of throttling BBC's iPlayer:
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/06/02/why-bts-not-the-biggest-broadband-choker/ http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/06/02/why-bts-not-the-bigg...
The UK government was against Net Neutrality legislation:
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2010/11/17/uk-government-supports-isp-with-two-tier-internet-content-and-shuns-net-neutrality.html http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2010/11/17/uk-government-su...
And again in 2011:
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2011/ed-vaizey%E2%80%99s-net-neutrality-roundtable https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2011/ed-vaizey%E2%80%99...
This eventually led to consultation in 2012 by Neelie Kroes, EU Commissioner for Competition, and we got legislation:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26865869 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26865869
- rmc 12y agoThe EU is great for making member states do the right thing.
- mercurial 12y agoSometimes. Speaking of which, I don't know how the net neutrality legislation is progressing with the EU commission.
- KaiserPro 12y agoThis is true, but then now you have adverts saying specifically that "we don't throttle"