Da Wikipedia:
"A neutral broadband network is one that is free of restrictions on content, sites, or platforms, on the kinds of equipment that may be attached, and on the modes of communication allowed, as well as one where communication is not unreasonably degraded by other communication streams"
Dal blog di Skype:
I find it quite telling that Deutsche Telekom would be so bold as to announce this arbitrary blocking of Skype. They pretend that their action has to do with technical concerns: this is baseless. Skype works perfectly well on iPhone, as hundreds of thousands of people globally can already readily attest. But their announcement also demonstrates that some operators do not fear the customer or regulatory consequences of their bad behaviour. It’s worth noting that even if German consumers wanted to change mobile providers, they could not: like Deutsche Telekom, every other German mobile operator contractually forbids consumers from using VoIP applications. (this is the same in France, actually).
This is a real shame: many other operators around the world know very well that people want to use innovative Internet applications, like Skype, and that’s the reason they pay their ISP to access the Internet in the first place.
Cosa possono fare gli utenti ?
- Citare in giudizio per abuso di posizione dominante e clausole vessatorie, oltre che inadempimento contrattuale,
- segnalare all'antitrust per difendere il mercato,
- cambiare operatore.
Sappiamo cosa faranno i piu', ma l'antitrust sara' il problema maggiore per gli operatori.
Sappiamo che fornire un servizio parziale e' come non fornirlo: inadempimento contrattuale.
Ma la battaglia e' aperta: da una parte ci sono limiti tecnologici in internet, ma non sempre.
Fastweb cambia le modalità tecnica dall'oggi al domani nell'attribuzione dell'ip ? L'ha fatto, e non intende preavvisare ne' offrire soluzioni alternative dopo: ora lo cambia ogni poche ore, peggio per i clienti.