Is net neutrality neutered at last?

In a win for America’s biggest telecoms operators, a court has struck down as unconstitutional a ‘net neutrality’ rule that barred broadband internet providers from managing and controlling traffic over their own networks. The U.S. appeals court...

Telstra throttles, world watches

Newspapers in Australia report that Telstra is making a bold move to ‘throttle’ or slow the speed at which its ADSL customers download content through peer-to-peer (P2P) networks in peak periods as part of a trial. TM Forum members present at Management World in...

Free vs Google – first salvo in internet war?

More information has come to light on a recent article about the strange goings on in French ISPs. The ‘feisty finger-pointing’ started when internet users reported a marked slow-down in delivery speeds from certain video sources, especially YouTube. Laurent Perche...

European operators ‘playing possum’?

Fixed-line and mobile operators in Europe are facing quite a dilemma. On the one hand they are being pressured by European Commissioner Neelie Kroes to improve their network broadband speeds and capacity and that they are not investing enough to meet EU targets. On...

Egypt applies 'net neutering' rules

Forget all about net neutrality, we’ve now seen the first real example of ‘net neutering’ with Egypt flicking the ‘kill switch’ on the internet. How terrible, how frightening, how undemocratic, how primitive in this day and age – I hear you ask? Hang on a...