Stefano Quintarelli, Member of the Italian Parliament

Stefano Quintarelli
WIK Conference
Brussels 2015.10.12-13
net neutrality
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The concept that “all packets are created equal”
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Tim Wu
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So what is attractive about a neutral network -that is,
an Internet that does not favor one application (say,
the world wide web), over others (say, email)?
Lessig in “The future of ideas”
NN @ Fondazione Bordoni (2009)
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Kenneth Carter conflicts taxonomy (then @WIK)
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vertical conflicts (ISP vs. user)
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horizontal conflicts (user vs. user / ISP vs. ISP) and
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diagonal conflicts (user on ISP A affects ISP B, and so on)
Principles
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Transparency
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Free choice
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Privacy
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Non discrimination
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Interoperability
Italy's NN Bill (7/2014)
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Art. 1: Definitions; clearly defining “Internet”
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The system of telecommunications networks including
access segments using TCP/IP suite as defined by IETF,
numbering resources and DNS coordinated by IANA
Art. 2: An access to a portion of the Internet or
to a subset of services cannot be labeled as
“Internet” access
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Art. 3 Limitations on traffic mgmt
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Operators cannot degrade a user access with respect to
an equivalent customer in the same area unless to
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Operators can sell prioritization of traffic classes on
the customer's access segment
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Reduce congestions , preserve integrity and security, prevent
certain transmissions as required by the user, following a
court ruling.
The request must be freely made by the user, not imposed nor
induced and form a separate agreement on top of a best effort
access
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Price of basic Internet Access cannot be determined by
the services or applications used by the customer
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A customer traffic may be degraded or blocked in
specific cases
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NRA can establish minimum service standards
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Art. 5 Transparency
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Art. 6 Sanctions
Art.4
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users have the right to access and obtain legal
content and software for their platform from the
supplier they choose, at the (non discriminatory)
conditions freely defined by the supplier
users have the right to remove software they are
not interested in
the above rights cannot be limited by any mean
(contractual, technological, economical or of user
experience)
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