Netherlands signs Net neutrality principles into law

[pctech]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/09/netherlands_1st_european_country_to_adopt_net_neutrality/

Terrific news, will ofcom follow suit?

[Technical Ben]

In a word? No.
does the Netherlands have anything to gain from a monopoly recharging for the same content many times over, during the same delivery? (IE once to the customer, once to the provider, once to the website, twice to the customer for the content type, then again for the protocol, then again for the bandwidth... need I go on?)

[pctech]

All data should be treated equally.

[Technical Ben]

But some Data is more equal than others? 

[pctech]

I just dont want BT to get away with classiying data on its backhaul network.

Any network mangerment should be down to the ISP I pay my money to so if I don't like their network management style I can move.

[Gary]

so if I don't like their network management style I can move.

Moving country might be an option there Mitch 

[pctech]

 

I just wish Zen would unbundle some exchanges down here so that apart from the physical copper loop, I can dispense with BT and effectively be 'on net'