Communications minister Ed Vaizey has called on ISPs to make further commitments to managing and maintaining an ‘open internet’.
At a net neutrality roundtable organised by Vaizey on 16 March, communications providers built a voluntary code of conduct to…
Communications minister Ed Vaizey has called on ISPs to make further commitments to managing and maintaining an ‘open internet’.
At a net neutrality roundtable organised by Vaizey on 16 March, communications providers built a voluntary code of conduct to increase transparency for consumers, enabling them to see how and where ISPs manage traffic.
Applauding industry’s good start, Vaizey said the agreement should have three principles: “The first is users should be able to access all legal content. Second, there should be no discrimination against content providers on the basis of commercial rivalry and finally traffic management policies should be clear and transparent.
“The internet has brought huge economic and social benefits across the world because of its openness and that must continue.” The companies in attendace were: Amazon, BBC, Broadband Stakeholder Group, BSkyB, BT, CBI, Channel 4, Channel 5, Consumer Focus, Ebay, Everything Everywhere, Facebook, Federation of Communications Services, Google, ISPA, ITV, Mobile Broadband Group, Nominet, Ofcom, Open Rights Group, Skype, Talk Talk, Tax Payers Alliance, Three, Virgin Media, Vodafone, W3C, WE7, Which? and Yahoo.
