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Dutch and Slovenian regulators nail carriers over net neutrality
2015-01-27 17:18:48| Wireless - Topix.net
The latest ruling, by the Dutch consumer protection agency ACM, saw KPN fined a 250,000 and Vodafone a 200,000. KPN was caught for blocking some VoIP services on its free Wi-Fi hotspots, and Vodafone was zero-rating the HBO Go app - that is, it was providing free traffic for that service in particular, a practise technically known as "positive price discrimination".
Not So Fast, Net Neutrality...
2015-01-27 16:03:52| Telecom - Topix.net
Over the last few months, things have been looking good for keeping the Internet open to everyone. A little too good, as far as Congress is concerned, which is why members and the corporate lobbyists who write them hefty checks have launched a last-ditch legislative effort to scuttle net neutrality.
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KPN, Vodafone fined for net neutrality violations
2015-01-27 10:04:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The Dutch regulator ACM has fined KPN and Vodafone respectively EUR 250,000 and EUR 200,000 for violations of net neutrality. KPN was fined for blocking certain services, including forms of VoIP, on its free Wi-Fi hotspots. According to the regulator, providers cannot discriminate between services provided over an internet connection. KPN said it accepts the fine and agrees with the ACM assessment. The net neutrality rules were added to the Telecommunications Law in 2013, and KPN implemented the services after that. The operator noted that it did offer a premium version of the Wi-Fi service under which all services were permitted. Vodafone offered access to an app with HBO with certain plans without charging for the related data traffic. The law does not allow operators to determine which services customers can use over the internet, the ACM said. Vodafone was not immediately available to comment. Under the Dutch law, internet providers may not block certain services or applications, nor charge different rates for accessing particular services or apps over the internet.
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KPN, Vodfone fall foul of Dutch net neutrality law
2015-01-27 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Regulator slaps operators with fines as EU grapples with open Internet 'compromise'.
Blackberry wants to force popular services onto its platform in the name of net neutrality
2015-01-23 20:43:03| Extremetech
Blackberry wants to get the government to mandate that certain applications and content services be forced to provide their services on the Blackberry platform in the name of net neutrality.
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