The European Parliament on Thursday approved new Net neutrality rules. Net neutrality, both in the EU and in the U.S., refers to the concept of requiring ISPs to treat all traffic the same regardless of its source. In Europe, that means ISPs such as Vodafone can’t deliver content from competitive providers of, say, videos, via slower pipes or make them pay more. If the U.S. had a Net neutrality framework in place, it would mean that Comcast, for example, couldn’t charge Netflix additional fees for streaming its content to Comcast customers.
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Net Neutrality Wins Tough Battle in European Parliament
Posted by: Erika Morphy April 3, 2014 03:27 PMThe European Parliament on Thursday approved new Net neutrality rules. Net neutrality, both in the EU and in the U.S., refers to the concept of requiring ISPs to treat all traffic the same regardless of its source. In Europe, that means ISPs such as Vodafone can’t deliver content from competitive providers of, say, videos, via slower pipes or make them pay more. If the U.S. had a Net neutrality framework in place, it would mean that Comcast, for example, couldn’t charge Netflix additional fees for streaming its content to Comcast customers.