UK Internet Providers Embrace net neutrality

UK Internet Providers Embrace net neutrality

| Source: the inquirer Author: Mark Campbell

UK Internet Providers Embrace net neutrality

The UK Internet providers, EE, Virgin Media and Vodaphone have signed up to the Broadband Stakeholder Group's (BSG) voluntary code to support the "open internet". Add this too the 10 other internet providers which signed the agreement back in 2012 and this paints a very clear picture, the UK supports Net Neutrality.

In a statement from Matthew Evans, the CEO of the BSG, he said that they have managed to make the regulators of the internet, as well as the internet providers in many other locations look like "squabbling idiots".

"Unlike some countries (particularly the US), where net neutrality has become a controversial topic for discussion, the UK benefits from a fiercely competitive market and high levels of transparency - which together offer the best assurance of an open internet,"

"The code now provides an even stronger and more effective foundation, whilst also allowing for an environment where new business models for internet-based services which benefit consumer choice can thrive."

This BSG agreement requires internet providers to provide a open network that "ensures that full and open internet access products, with no blocked services, will be the norm within their portfolio of products". The ISPs are also required to be open about any blocking of legal content and must not act to harm rival companies, "Not target and degrade the content or applications of specific providers.".

This agreement is a great thing for the UK and all it's internet users, this shows the UK's commitment to an open internet and a competitive marketplace. Hopefully the internet providers anr regulators in other countries will follow suit.

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