Jan Penfrat<p>Seriously, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@TheProgressives" class="u-url mention">@<span>TheProgressives</span></a></span> and in particular René <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@repasi" class="u-url mention">@<span>repasi</span></a></span>, why did you just endorse shooting down <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/netneutrality" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>netneutrality</span></a> by supporting the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/UnfairShare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UnfairShare</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/NetworkFee" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NetworkFee</span></a> in the Parliament's Competition Report?</p><p>Despite all independent experts saying it's a bad idea.</p><p>Despite regulators saying it's a bad idea.</p><p>Despite your own S&D policy position saying it's a bad idea.<br /><a href="https://www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/sites/default/files/2023-02/SD_digital_position_paper_en_230208.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">socialistsanddemocrats.eu/site</span><span class="invisible">s/default/files/2023-02/SD_digital_position_paper_en_230208.pdf</span></a></p>
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Jan Penfrat<p>Note to @EC_Commissioner_Breton@social.network.europa.eu:</p><p> "A large majority of [EU] member countries rejected the idea of splitting the costs of the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/networks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>networks</span></a> with content providers" due to "the lack of a fact-based approach or evidence of an <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/investment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>investment</span></a> gap, the risk of driving up prices and the risk to net neutrality. “Let’s not overreact to non-existent market failure,” reportedly argued Germany." (Politico)</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/netneutrality" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>netneutrality</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/UnfairShare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UnfairShare</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/NetworkFee" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NetworkFee</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/FairShare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FairShare</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Vodafone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Vodafone</span></a> Group, the global <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/telecoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecoms</span></a> corp with 2022 net profits of 2.6 billion EUR, fires 11,000 employees over the next 3 years.</p><p>Let me guess: next move is to tell the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Commission" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Commission</span></a> that the telco industry is poor and under stress and requires direct payments from content providers. <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/UnfairShare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UnfairShare</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/NetworkFee" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NetworkFee</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/NetNeutrality" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NetNeutrality</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Lobbying</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/FairShare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FairShare</span></a></p><p>Sources: <a href="https://www.golem.de/news/quartalsbericht-vodafone-group-wird-11-000-arbeitsplaetze-streichen-2305-174219.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">golem.de/news/quartalsbericht-</span><span class="invisible">vodafone-group-wird-11-000-arbeitsplaetze-streichen-2305-174219.html</span></a><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodafone" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodafone</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
EURACTIV Technology<p>NGOs, streamers join forces against EU Commission’s senders-pay initiative <a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/ngos-streamers-join-forces-against-eu-commissions-senders-pay-initiative/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euractiv.com/section/digital/n</span><span class="invisible">ews/ngos-streamers-join-forces-against-eu-commissions-senders-pay-initiative/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/BEREC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BEREC</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/fairshare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fairshare</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/networkfee" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>networkfee</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/senderspay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>senderspay</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/telecom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecom</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p>Okay I really didn't want to toot about this tech event but the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Bouygues" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bouygues</span></a> Telecom lobbyist opened the panel with two of the weirdest falsehoods of the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/NetworkFee" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NetworkFee</span></a> / <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/FairShare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FairShare</span></a> debate, namely that "data growth" were not controlled by <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>consumers</span></a> and that consumers have no benefit from <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/datagrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>datagrowth</span></a>.</p><p>Wow I mean growing data transfers is almost 100% controlled by users (by them using or not lots of <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/bandwidth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bandwidth</span></a>), and they absolutely benefit from using <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/4K" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>4K</span></a> video streaming otherwise they wouldn't do it.</p>
Netopia EU<p>New EU telecom rules will leave everyone worse off <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/new-eu-telecom-rules-will-leave-everyone-worse-off-internet-network/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.eu/article/new-eu-tel</span><span class="invisible">ecom-rules-will-leave-everyone-worse-off-internet-network/</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/telecoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecoms</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/networkfee" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>networkfee</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/senderpays" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>senderpays</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/internettraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>internettraffic</span></a></p>
Netopia EU<p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/NetworkFee" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NetworkFee</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/InternetTrafficTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InternetTrafficTax</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Telco</span></a> <br />---<br />RT @Isabelle_Szcz<br />Network fee: the dangerous diversion of platform revenues to telcos at the expense of creation <a href="https://electronlibre.info/2023/02/13/network-fee-the-dangerous-diversion-of-platform-revenues-to-telcos-at-the-expense-of-creation/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">electronlibre.info/2023/02/13/</span><span class="invisible">network-fee-the-dangerous-diversion-of-platform-revenues-to-telcos-at-the-expense-of-creation/</span></a> on @3l3ctr0nLibr3 <a href="https://t.co/FFOAKuzoBX" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">t.co/FFOAKuzoBX</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/Isabelle_Szcz/status/1625166610230087680" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">twitter.com/Isabelle_Szcz/stat</span><span class="invisible">us/1625166610230087680</span></a></p>
Netopia EU<p>Do Telcos or Tech and Content industries invest most in internet infrastructures? <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/NetworkFee" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NetworkFee</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Telco</span></a> ➡️ Full findings <a href="https://www.analysysmason.com/internet-content-application-providers-infrastructure-investment-2022" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">analysysmason.com/internet-con</span><span class="invisible">tent-application-providers-infrastructure-investment-2022</span></a> <br />---<br />RT @DOTEurope<br />@AnalysysMason report: <br />🌐 <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Tech</span></a> is investing heavily in Europe's internet infrastructure <br />🌐Investments generate almost €1 billion savings for <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EUtelco" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EUtelco</span></a><br />🌐<a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EUtelco" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EUtelco</span></a> can handle steady traffic at low cost<br />🌐<a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ne" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ne</span></a>…<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/DOTEurope/status/1580832075619651585" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">twitter.com/DOTEurope/status/1</span><span class="invisible">580832075619651585</span></a></p>
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