For decades now, the traditional telcos keep trying to find ways to get newer companies to pay them... whether it is dressed up as " #FairShare " or #NetworkFees or "dispute resolution" or whatever... in the end they are flawed ideas that are solutions trying to find problems (that don't exist) […]

Netopia EU | LinkedIn | Netopia EU 🚨 “Network Fees” = Fair Share by the back door The proposed Network Fees Act is being framed as a technical adjustment to rebalance the digital ecosystem. It isn’t. It is the return of “Fair Share”—...

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“Network Fees” = Fair Share by the back door
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#DigitalSingleMarket #CompetitionPolicy #SMEs #Innovation
#EUdigital #EUlaw

🔥The #DigitalNetworksAct is here. Is #NetNeutrality safe, or is the "Fair Share" debate back?
The fine print suggests the network fee battle is far from over.
🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/inform...
#FairShare #NetworkFees

Press release 📄 #DigitalNetworksAct: Commission Introduces Backdoor to Resurrect Network Fees 🌐

@MTStecher: "This is not a ‘voluntary conciliation’ procedure, but one that will create new disputes, clearly opening the door to #NetworkFees."

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Explainer 📑 #NetworkFees in Disguise: The Negative Consequences of Including IP Dispute Resolution in the #DigitalNetworksAct

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🔥 #NetworkFees redux
Former US NTIA expert @redthistle.bsky.social (@cepa.org) advocates the last thing Europe “should do is introduce backward-looking, counterproductive #networkfees.”
A clear message for policymakers ahead of the #DigitalNetworksAct!
🔗 www.epluseurope.com/Network%20Fe...

EU #Consumers at Risk: How the #DigitalNetworksAct Could Reshape the Internet ⛔

In this video, @Claudi0Teixeira, Head of Digital Policy at #BEUC, explains why defending #NetNeutrality is essential for European consumers. 👇

#FairShare #NetworkFees

New #DigitalNetworksAct explainer 📑

Why mandating #IP dispute resolution inevitably leads to EU-wide #NetworkFees – and would turn #telcos into #gatekeepers of the internet

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🔥 Sender Pay Rules: Lessons from Korea’s Failed Experiment
Evidence matters: Korea’s experience shows what happens when regulation forgets about competition & innovation.
🔗 More details: www.opennetkorea.org/en/wp/7292
#DNA #NetworkFees #DisputeResolution

🔥 A fight is brewing in Italy about #CDNs!
Italian regulator #AGCOM gets pushback from @cloudflare.social and @netflix.com for its attempt to reclassify CDNs as Electronic Communications Networks.
A move that was criticised by others for opening the door to #NetworkFees!
#DNA

From IP Disputes to #NetworkFees: The Danger in the #DigitalNetworksAct ⚠️

🎬 @MTStecher breaks down how disguising network fees as an #IP dispute mechanism would hurt the #OpenInternet, stifle innovation, and increase costs for everyone – including #internet users. 👇

.@MTStecher on forthcoming #DigitalNetworksAct:

"We urge EU policymakers to learn from 🇮🇹 #Italy’s misstep and ensure that the DNA does not include any #IP mechanism that could be used to impose #NetworkFees – 🚪 directly or through the back door."

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Media Partnership - Digital Networks Act: Rewriting the DNA of Europe’s Open Internet? [url=https://eurac.tv/9YbT][title]REGISTER HERE[/title][/url] The European Commission’s upcoming Digital Networks Act (DNA) is set to reshape the future of connectivity in Europe. By overhauling the…

We are very excited to co-organise this #DigitalNetworksAct event with Euractiv on 16 October, exploring how the DNA could reshape Europe’s #OpenInternet. 👇 Register now!

#DigitalDecade #FairShare #IPinterconnection #NetNeutrality #NetworkFees

Press release 📄 Italy’s Move Towards #NetworkFees Sets Blueprint for EU Under #DigitalNetworksAct

☎️ "Mandating IP dispute resolution is exactly what Europe’s big #telecom CEOs are lobbying for."

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#connectivityEU #DigitalDecade #FTConnectEurope

Six Telecom Myths the European Commission Can’t Afford to Believe  - Disruptive Competition Project In the context of the European Commission’s call for evidence on the upcoming Digital Networks Act, it’s important to clear up some telecom myths clouding the debate.

Ahead of #DigitalNetworksAct, Professor Webb cautions @EU_Commission not to fall into #telcos’ false claims.

🤥 "Not only is #data usage no longer growing exponentially, it will soon not be growing at all."

⬇️ #NetNeutrality #NetworkFees #OpenInternet

Les opérateurs télécoms abandonnent leur combat pour faire payer Netflix et les géants qui utilisent leurs réseaux L'accord commercial conclu entre Bruxelles et Washington il y a quelques jours enterre le projet de contribution des plateformes numériques aux réseaux télécoms européens. Les opérateurs voient s'envo...

French ISPs want to push "Dispute Resolution", now that they can't do #fairshare or #networkfees and they haven't been able to end #netneutrality www.clubic.com/actualite-57...

Digital Networks Act: What the EU Can Learn From the Swisscom-INIT7 Dispute - Disruptive Competition Project The European Commission should drop the idea of introducing an arbitration or dispute resolution mechanism via the Digital Networks Act for possible conflicts between telecom operators and other ISPs…

#DigitalNetworksAct: "The 🇪🇺 Commission should drop the idea of an arbitration or dispute resolution mechanism."

"There is no market failure, it would unfairly benefit dominant #telecos and effectively introduce #NetworkFees."

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🔥 Will the US-EU trade deal put a stop to #NetworkFees? Don’t celebrate just yet!
This might change nothing as the EC switched to "dispute resolution," not fees. Moreover, the EC claims it made “no commitment on digital regulation”.
🔗 www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
#DigitalNetworksAct

Network fees, termination fees, forced transit payments etc are apparently off the table due to the EU-US trade deal. | Rudolf van der Berg Network fees, termination fees, forced transit payments etc are apparently off the table due to the EU-US trade deal. One might expect that I would be happy with this, because I've alway opposed such ...

The #networkfees #fairshare fees are off the table thanks to the EU-White House trade deal. One might expect that I am happy these fees are now off the table, because I oppose them, but I don't like it to go this way. www.linkedin.com/posts/rudolf... #netneutrality #digitalnetworksact

C4C co-signed this important joint effort to protect the #OpenInternet & take a firm stand against (concealed) #NetworkFees creeping into the EC’s upcoming #DigitalNetworksAct proposal
Our LinkedIn article on the EC’s “level playing field” ambitions 👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/c4cs-r...

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👇 Read the full report by @PlumConsulting to understand why it’s critical to speak up before the consultation closes on 11 July: plumconsulting.co.uk/study-on-the...

#connectivityEU #DigitalDecade #EECC #FairShare #GigabitInfrastructure #NetNeutrality #NetworkFees #NetworkUsageFees

Digital Networks Act: What the EU Can Learn From the Swisscom-INIT7 Dispute - Disruptive Competition Project The European Commission should drop the idea of introducing an arbitration or dispute resolution mechanism via the Digital Networks Act for possible conflicts between telecom operators and other ISPs…

#DigitalNetworksAct: "There's a #monopoly problem, #ISPs control the only route to the subscriber."

"Large #telcos might try this tactic to 🤑 extract revenue from popular #content providers and stifle #ISP competition."

t.co/l1HCyTMHpj #FairShare #NetworkFees

Digital Networks Act: What the EU Can Learn From the Swisscom-INIT7 Dispute In December 2024, Switzerland’s electronic communications regulator (ComCom) ruled that major telco Swisscom must provide zero-settlement peering to Init7, a local internet service provider (ISP),…

#DigitalNetworksAct: What Can 🇪🇺 Learn from Swisscom-INIT7 Dispute? 💡

"The Commission should drop the idea of an arbitration or dispute mechanism. There is no market failure, it would unfairly benefit dominant #telcos, and introduce #NetworkFees."

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SmallGeoTechTalk #19. Lecturas de domingo: el Congreso de EE. UU. reintroduce un proyecto de ley para acabar con el "uso gratuito" de las redes por parte de las BigTech La batalla por la Fair Share o la "contribución justa" sigue viva.

#SmallGeoTechTalk #19

Lecturas de domingo: el Congreso de EE. UU. reintroduce un proyecto de ley para acabar con el "uso gratuito" de las redes por parte de las #BigTech
smallgeotechtalk.substack.com/p/smallgeote...
#FairShare #TelcoTax #NetworkFees y etc

🔥Hot Item: Fighting for Net Neutrality – Our Chat with @socialhack.bsky.social from the Netzbremse Coalition About Their Complaint Against Deutsche Telekom 🔥

📢 "Access is no longer universal."

📺 Watch now:: youtu.be/b8JWQ19s988

#NetNeutrality #IPinterconnection #FairShare #NetworkFees

📑 Factsheet: How #Tech Is Saving European #Telcos

"Driven by #innovation in #cloud computing and #AI, ☁️🤖 Europe’s #telecom sector is undergoing a #digital transformation."

👉 ccianet.org/library/how-...

#DigitalNetworksAct #FairShare #NetworkFees #BEREC #ScalingUpTelecoms

"The debate around the EU’s upcoming #DigitalNetworksAct continues to be distorted by flawed claims," warns @MTStecher. ⚠️ "Now, the @EU_Commission is about to embrace the same misguided logic."

➡️ ccianet.org/news/2025/03...

#FairShare #NetworkFees #BEREC #ScalingUpTelecoms

🔥 Italy's AGCOM consults on expanding telco regulations to #CDNs. @kkomaitis.bsky.social warns about “regulatory overreach” to “appease telcos”, setting a bad precedent for the #DigitalNetworksAct debate & pushing #NetworkFees through the “backdoor”.
www.linkedin.com/posts/inform...

.@MTStecher on #DigitalNetworksAct: "The reality is that #cloud and #telecom services are simply not converging. 🤥 They are just complementary, with core telecom #network functions remaining distinct."

👉 ccianet.org/news/2025/03...

#FairShare #NetworkFees #OpenInternet

📑 Factsheet: How #Tech Is Saving European #Telcos

"The #telecom sector thrives because of #AI, #cloud and #content innovators; not in spite of them." ☎️🧠

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#connectivityEU #DigitalNetworksAct #FairShare #NetworkFees #BEREC #BERECforum