Tag: Zero rating
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EU Telecom Regulators meet to analyse over 500,000 Net Neutrality consultation responses
Brussels, Belgium—Tomorrow, telecom regulators from all over the EU will gather in Brussels for a uniquely challenging task: analysing over half a million responses to their consultation on Net Neutrality. Meanwhile, telecom companies are maintaining their attacks on the open…
1 August 2016
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Access submits comments on zero rating to government of Brazil
Almost a year after the approval of Brazil’s landmark Marco Civil da Internet, the government is seeking public comments on how best to implement the legislation. Access submitted a brief on zero rating, a dangerous practice that threatens to undermine the open internet in the country.…
2 April 2015
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Net Neutrality rules ban fast and slow lanes, but leave zero rating in place
After a lot anticipation and hand wringing, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission finally released its rules about how it will implement its landmark Open Internet Order. The rules — which run some 300 pages — block the creation of fast and slow lanes and appropriately classify broadband internet as a “telecommunications service” under Title II of the Communications Act.…
12 March 2015