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Monday, January 31, 2011

Cash, please! A Nordic change of heart on net neutrality

via Ars Technica by nate@arstechnica.com (Nate Anderson) on 1/31/11

Telenor, one of the largest Internet providers in Norway, used to love net neutrality; back in 2009, it voluntarily signed on to a net neutrality code of conduct. So imagine Norwegian surprise this week when Telenor bosses went public with their hope to charge sites like YouTube and state broadcaster NRK.

In an interview with the business daily Dagens Næringsliv, a Telenor exec made the usual case: YouTube uses too much traffic and it needs to compensate ISPs for it.

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