Posted on 03/20/2020 8:04:15 AM PDT by Olog-hai
European government and regulatory bodies have authorized the European Union’s telecom operators and internet service providers to apply exceptional measures, including the throttling of online speeds, to prevent network congestion amid increased demand as millions of Europeans are forced to stay home and use online collaboration and teleworking tools amid the coronavirus.
The EU’s governing body, the European Commission, and the Body of the European Regulators of Electronic Communications (BEREC) gave the greenlight to telcos to take the necessary measures to ensure there is no disruption in online traffic.
The move comes after Thierry Breton, the European Commissioner for internal markets, contacted Netflix CEO Reed Hastings to ask the streaming giant to reduce the data load on European networks by switching off Netflix’s high-definition option for its film and series content. Netflix complied, as did Google-owned YouTube. Both companies have agreed to stream videos only in the less network-intensive standard definition format for a month.
European regulators, however, said the exceptional measures will not effect network neutrality rules. …
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Should be “will not affect”, not “will not effect”. No editors any more?
Certainly no proofreaders. Never mind spell checkers that check only spelling and not grammar.
I wonder will Comcast temporarily turn off some under-watched cable TV channels to devote more bandwidth for their DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem service for the next few months?
The Soviet Union used food and energy to control the population. If a little village started to revolt, their food and electricity were magically cut off.
The Cold War has been over only for 30 yeas, yet, we’re falling right into the communist mechanisms again.
Who knew back then that Americans would beg for a Soviet style government that controls everything including what you can say and think.
Stuff people at home. Jail and fine them for being out. Limit their communication.
I don’t like the way this is heading.
Here it comes - as the libs remind us so often, if it’s good enough for Europe, it’s good enough for the USA. GAG.
“… (I)t is very clear that in fundamental theory, socialism and democracy are almost, if not quite, one and the same. They both rest at bottom upon the absolute right of the community to determine its own destiny and that of its members. Men as communities are supreme over men as individuals.”Some Americans were thinking that way before the turn of the last century.
— Woodrow Wilson
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