Telecommunications policy issues rarely make news, much less mobilize thousands of people. Yet this certainly occurred in the United States around efforts to introduce net neutrality regulation. A similar grassroots mobilization has yet to develop in the United Kingdom or throughout most of the rest of Europe. My colleague Alison Powell and I have just [...]
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Categories: Net Neutrality, Network Management
It can be difficult to predict when and why particular technologies will attract attention from policymakers. A few years ago, it seemed like around every policy corner — whether it be privacy, Internet neutrality, copyright enforcement, or cybersecurity — lurked deep packet inspection, a technical capability that allowed ISPs to gain increased visibility into the [...]
Categories: Consumer Privacy, DPI, Net Neutrality, Network Management
In the spring the major UK broadband providers agreed to an updated voluntary code of practice that requires them to publish “Key Facts Indicator” (KFI) tables in a standardized way that describe the limitations they impose on their broadband offerings. The providers began publishing initial versions of these KFI tables in June. I plan to [...]
Categories: Network Management
With the news that AT&T will be introducing volume caps on its DSL and U-Verse broadband Internet service plans, a number of commenters (1, 2) have pointed out the contrast between AT&T’s move and the recent news from BT, which announced that it would be lifting its 300GB “atypical user” cap next month. The trouble [...]
Categories: Net Neutrality, Network Management