@heiseonline claims #Trump is the reason for the EU to change the #DNA. The truth is the #NetworkFee has been contentious long before Trump was re-elected. Everyone except #BigTelco has opposed it for years: tech industry, researchers, regulators, member states, even civil society.
So the most likely reason for the #EC to not propose Network Fees is everyone said it's a dumb idea.
If I may, @maltekir I really think the article should be corrected. Happy to provide more info in PM.
@Fedihacker @heiseonlineenglish No, unfortunately this article is partly wrong. Its headline refers to "billions in fines," which is not at all what the #DigitalNetworksAct is about. Also, Heise's Reuters source says nothing about fines.
What Reuters says is that the EC will likely not force #BigTech to pay EU telcos for transmitting data over, you know, the internet.
This (previously planned) #NetworkFee or #UnfairShare has always been a bad idea. And that is @heiseonline's second mistake:
Seriously, @TheProgressives and in particular René @repasi, why did you just endorse shooting down #netneutrality by supporting the #UnfairShare #NetworkFee in the Parliament's Competition Report?
Despite all independent experts saying it's a bad idea.
Despite regulators saying it's a bad idea.
Despite your own S&D policy position saying it's a bad idea.
https://www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/sites/default/files/2023-02/SD_digital_position_paper_en_230208.pdf
Note to @EC_Commissioner_Breton:
"A large majority of [EU] member countries rejected the idea of splitting the costs of the #networks with content providers" due to "the lack of a fact-based approach or evidence of an #investment gap, the risk of driving up prices and the risk to net neutrality. “Let’s not overreact to non-existent market failure,” reportedly argued Germany." (Politico)
#Vodafone Group, the global #telecoms corp with 2022 net profits of 2.6 billion EUR, fires 11,000 employees over the next 3 years.
Let me guess: next move is to tell the #EU #Commission that the telco industry is poor and under stress and requires direct payments from content providers. #UnfairShare #NetworkFee #NetNeutrality #Lobbying #FairShare
Sources: https://www.golem.de/news/quartalsbericht-vodafone-group-wird-11-000-arbeitsplaetze-streichen-2305-174219.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodafone
Okay I really didn't want to toot about this tech event but the #Bouygues Telecom lobbyist opened the panel with two of the weirdest falsehoods of the #NetworkFee / #FairShare debate, namely that "data growth" were not controlled by #consumers and that consumers have no benefit from #datagrowth.
Wow I mean growing data transfers is almost 100% controlled by users (by them using or not lots of #bandwidth), and they absolutely benefit from using #4K video streaming otherwise they wouldn't do it.
Civil Society Response to the EU Commission's Exploratory Consultation on Network Fee's (aka Fair Share, Sending Party Pays). Documents attached include a simplified guide to undertand this submission, as well as the verbose response from the EUSurvey tool. If you want to submit yourself to this consultation, the first document is more helpful.
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