The document discusses the importance of net neutrality as an open platform where all content and services are treated equally by network providers. It emphasizes the role of civil society in advocating for these principles and highlights recent efforts and challenges in maintaining net neutrality in Europe. Key points include the need for market consolidation, the ongoing struggle for enforcement, and the involvement of ordinary citizens in the political agenda.

1. Net neutrality:
days of future past?
Thomas Lohninger | Initiative für Netzfreiheit
Rejo Zenger | Bits of Freedom

2. Thomas Lohninger Rejo Zenger

3. Remember
Ordinary citizens put net neutrality on
the political agenda before.
We need to do that again.

4. Remember
There are unsolved issues and civil
society needs your expertise.

5. “Net neutrality requires that the
internet be maintained as an open
platform, on which network providers
treat all content, applications and
services equally, without
discrimination.”
thisisnetneutrality.org

6. Three principles
●End to end
●Best effort
●Vertical intregration

10. “The [article] aims to maximise choice
and freedom of expression on the
internet for end users.”
explanatory memorandum Telecommunications Act

11. “End-users should be able to decide
what content they want to send and
receive [...]”
explanatory memorandum Telecommunications Act

12. “Providers of [internet access
services] do not hinder or slow down
applications and services on the
internet, unless [...]”
Telecommunications Act

13. “a) to minimize the effects of
congestion, whereby equal types of
traffic should be treated equally”
Telecommunications Act

14. “b) to preserve the integrity and
security of the network and service [...]
or the customer premises equipment”
Telecommunications Act

15. “Providers [...] do not make the price
[...] dependent on the services and
applications which are offered or used
[...].”
Telecommunications Act

16. So, how does that compare?

17. sources (mostly unofficial translation):
http://is.gd/lt9lS4 and Global Net Neutrality Coalition

18. Specialised Services

19. Managed Services

20. sources (mostly unofficial translation):
http://is.gd/lt9lS4 and Global Net Neutrality Coalition

22. .eu

24. Campaign facts
●40.374 faxes send (21.794 delivered)
●translated in 9 languages
●266 git commits from 12 contributors

25. Making the speeches talk

26. Vote in European
Parliament● Adopted with S&D, ALDE,
Greens and GUE
● We got real net neutrality!
● Text is still not perfect
● And enforcement is weak

29. source: edri.org, accessnow.org, netzpolitik.org and others

31. Summary
● Their goal: market consolidation
● We suck at the Council
● National fallbacks are necessary

32. The Dutch Experience [tm]

36. “[The NRA] believes that in this case
[...] blocking and delaying services that
require a large capacity, is necessary
to minimize the effects of congestion
on mobile connection.”
Dutch NRA to Dutch Railways and T-Mobile

38. “Vodafone will end this violation by
offering the Sizz-app as a seperate
service, which can be used
independent to the internet access
service.”
Dutch NRA to Vodafone and RTL

39. Open debates

48. Wikipedia Zero

49. Letter from Wikimedia to Chile

50. “Imagine a world in which every single
human being can freely share the sum
of all knowledge. That is our
commitment.”
Wikimedia Foundation Vision Statement

52. Remember
Ordinary citizens put net neutrality on
the political agenda before.
We need to do that again.

53. Support digital civil rights

54. Remember
There are unsolved issues and civil
society needs your expertise.

55. Day 3 | 17:00 | Noise Square
Net neutrality: what about
interconnect?

56. Now: question
everything.
Thomas Lohninger | thomas.lohninger@netzfreiheit.org
Rejo Zenger | rejo.zenger@bof.nl