Deutsche Telekom chief causes uproar over net neutrality (chrismarsden.blogspot.com) 3 points by happyscrappy 10y ago ↗ HN
[–] Gys 10y ago ↗ “Start-ups need special services more than anyone in order to have a chance of keeping up with large internet providers,” he argued.“By our reckoning, they would pay a couple of percent for this in the form of revenue-sharing”.Thank you EU :-( [–] chronid 10y ago ↗ I agree. The EU parliament royally fucked up this, thanks to the scaremongering tactics of the EU ISPs - or their money. [–] _up 10y ago ↗ I wonder if they could introduce a tax to counter this. With a traffic shaping tax for the last mile. And tax free net neutral lines. Bonus benefit would be, secret traffic shaping and blackmailing Startups would be tax fraud.
[–] chronid 10y ago ↗ I agree. The EU parliament royally fucked up this, thanks to the scaremongering tactics of the EU ISPs - or their money.
[–] _up 10y ago ↗ I wonder if they could introduce a tax to counter this. With a traffic shaping tax for the last mile. And tax free net neutral lines. Bonus benefit would be, secret traffic shaping and blackmailing Startups would be tax fraud.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 18.1 ms ] thread“By our reckoning, they would pay a couple of percent for this in the form of revenue-sharing”.
Thank you EU :-(