Home EU votes net neutrality into law, abolishes mobile roaming charges
 

Keywords :   


EU votes net neutrality into law, abolishes mobile roaming charges

2014-04-03 12:26:16| InfoWorld: Top News

Blocking and throttling Internet traffic will become illegal in the European Union following a parliamentary vote on Thursday. Members of the European Parliament voted to close loopholes in a proposed law that some believed would have created a two-tier Internet. The so-called Telecoms Package originally described "specialized services," which would have allowed Internet service providers to charge more for more data-intensive content services such as voice over IP and streaming video.

Tags: net mobile law charges

Category:Information Technology

Latest from this category

All news

»
05.10Eastern North Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook
05.10Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook
04.10Should you tip even if the service wasn't worth it?
04.10Hurricane Kirk Graphics
04.10Hurricane Kirk Forecast Discussion Number 22
04.10Tropical Storm Leslie Forecast Discussion Number 10
04.10Hurricane Kirk Wind Speed Probabilities Number 22
04.10Hurricane Kirk Public Advisory Number 22
More »