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[ NNSquad ] apComms report published in the UK
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- From the press release:
The All Party Parliamentary Communications Group (apComms) releases
its report into its inquiry "Can we keep our hands off the net?" This
inquiry looked into online privacy, the regulation of behavioural
advertising, whether ISPs should be doing more to monitor "bad"
traffic on their networks, and the way in which child sexual abuse
websites are currently tackled.
The inquiry received 45 written submissions from consumers, consumer
groups, the advertising, film and music industries, the telecoms and
Internet industry, academics and lawyers. Three oral evidence
sessions were organised at the House of Commons in July, when a cross
selection of the respondents were invited to give evidence to apComms
officers.
The inquiry's key recommendations:
[...]
8. A recommendation that Ofcom keep the issue of "network
neutrality" under review and include a section in each annual report
that indicates whether there are any signs of change.
Thinking behind the recommendation
The report considers the issue of "network neutrality" and concludes,
as did the Digital Britain report in the Summer, that market
competition between ISPs is preventing them from discriminating
against particular traffic, or demanding extra payments from content
providers that which to service their customers.
However, the report does acknowledge that there could be problems in
the future if there was less competition in the marketplace. The
recommendation is therefore that this issue be kept under permanent
review by Ofcom, and the current situation reported upon annually.
[etc etc]
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