Surfers take on NextGenTel
p2pnet.net News:- This summer Norwegian broadband provider NextGenTel deliberately limited the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) and, “Because broadband customers in general don’t understand where the bottle neck really is they call the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation when they experience low quality on the large selection of free content from the NRK” says Eirik Solheim on his blog.
But, outraged customers forced NextGenTel to think again, it says, going on:
“Due to bad publicity and reactions from customers NextGenTel have removed the limit and NRK is now back on full speed in their network.
“What should I say? Thanks to the people contacting NextGenTel and to the blogs and media that understand how this was a serious violation to network neutrality.”
(Thanks, Lars)
Also See:
blog – Goodbye network neutrality in Norway, October 3, 2006
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October 6th, 2006 at 5:45 am
I hesitantly oppose Net Neutrality legislation partly for this reason. I don’t think consumers will stand for dirty bandwidth tricks, and I don’t think the ISP biz is monopolized or corrupt enough to resist the consumer mandate.
All things being equal, less law is better for society than more law, so if a proposed law won’t performing a necessary and useful function, to heck with it.
Anyway, good to see the system is working in Norway. If it also works in the United States, great. If not, we might have to revisist a legislative or administrative (FCC/FTC) solution.