
On May 8, 2012, the Parliament of the Netherlands
approved a new Telecommunications Act with amended net neutrality. Thus, this country became the second in the world
after Chile , where network neutrality is enshrined at the legislative level. In Norway, these principles are spelled out in the form of
an agreement between providers, the Ministry of Telecommunications and the consumer rights protection society.
Net Neutrality Amendments (unofficial translation into English)
Net neutrality is the principle by which telecommunications service providers in the Netherlands are not allowed to filter traffic, with the exception of four cases.
- Court ruling or law requirement.
- End User Consent.
- Ensuring the integrity and security of the user's network or computer (with prior notice to the user).
- Minimizing congestion in the network, in this case, the same types of traffic should be treated equally.
In addition, Dutch law prohibits providers from setting different prices for Internet access, depending on the services and applications provided via the Internet. Thus, the
initiative of telecoms on separate pricing of various types of services, for example, access to Youtube, use of Skype, etc., is minted in the bud. (see the
presentation of Rostelecom on this topic ).
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The law clearly specifies cases in which it is allowed to disconnect a user from the Network, as well as listen on communications, so here the ISP arbitrariness is now excluded.