Net neutrality has become a rather hot topic in recent months, especially when a US court ruled against the FTC, stating that the organization it did not have the power to legally compel Internet service providers to comply with net neutrality rules.
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Now, as everything shows, the focus has moved to Europe, where the 28 member countries of the European Unionare preparing to vote on the new digital policy legislation. The package contains key laws related to net neutrality.
Since companies will no longer be allowed to discriminate against competitors or other types of traffic, large technology companies are not very pleased with the European Union and with telephone companies.
Internet providers want to be able to charge Google higher amounts to access high-speed Internet networks for its services, such as YouTube.
As things stand, ISPs will be more than happy to charge both their customers and companies like Google large sums for a high-speed connection. quality, to stream their content over broadband connections, rather than low-quality connections.
The issue, of course, is far more serious than that. Of course Google can resent, but it's a big enough company and will stand the cost. The problem is with consumers who, in order to have reliable connections, should pay very expensive.
The debate on net neutrality raises concerns about whether the new rules will make Internet access inaccessible to many Europeans.
The new package of laws that the European Union will vote on this Thursday also includes the end of charges for all roaming. This means that calls, SMS and data on the Internet will cost the same in every country in the European Union.
