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European Commission Solicits Public Comment on Net Neutrality

By james_fudge

America isn't the only place where Net Neutrality is gaining a foothold apparently; the European Commission announced a public consultation on Net Neutrality as it relates to traffic management, it announced today.

This follows a plan announced in April by Neelie Kroes, commissioner for the digital agenda, to take a closer look at network neutrality. The Commission's definition of Net Neutrality is simple enough: "all data transported over the Internet should be treated equally." Anyone that feels they have a stake in Net Neutrality - consumers, service providers, businesses and researchers - are invited to respond no later than Sept. 30, 2010.

The Commission is looking for feedback on what possible technical and economic problems related to traffic management arise from prioritizing one type of data traffic over others. It also wants feedback on whether or not the current framework of regulations is enough or if more is required.

Kroes has said in the past that she wants to "set the bar for introducing new regulation high," but it must be justified by the need to tackle specific problems. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on June 30, 2010 (boomark / email).