Creator of the web Sir Tim Berners-Lee has called for full net neutrality in Europe, a few days before the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) makes its own decision on net neutrality in America.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee has slammed Internet companies who propose so-called "Internet slow lanes" in order to extract more money from their customers. He made the remarks at IP EXPO Europe in London.
European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, Günther Hermann Oettinger, is set to meet with national ministers next Friday to try and end the deadlock between national ministers and MEPs on the subject of net neutrality.
Federal Communications Commission [FCC] chairman Tom Wheeler won’t bow to pressure from US president Barack Obama on net neutrality and told a gathering of web firms that his agency will remain independent on the issue. Read more: Obama finally enters net neutrality debate: Will he do more harm than good? Wheeler spoke to several behemoths...
Sixty companies involved in building the internet we know today have sent an open letter to the American Federal Communications Commission, warning that killing Net neutrality might also kill thousands of dollars of investments in infrastructure projects.
Controversial new EU internet legislation, which would give ISPs enormous power set for big debate in the Parliament on October 27.
Several major online businesses are expected to hold some form of protest this week against proposals that could see ISPs increase charges for faster Internet access.
Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri has hit out at net neutrality advocates, claiming that some IP packets are more important than others.
The debate, which centres on the introduction of Internet fast lanes, at extra cost, for high-bandwidth services, was also subject to an online slowdown protest last week from Netflix and Twitter.
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