Pushed by an AT&T lobbyist, some revised amendments to the Telecoms Package could usher in filtering, and have rocketed net neutrality from a non-issue to one of the hottest under discussion in the Telecoms Package trialogues.
A raft of new “compromise” amendments to the Telecoms Package is circulating in Brussels. On the surface, they state that telcos, network operators and ISPs should be able to “address unjustified degradation of service”, and impose “reasonable usage restrictions, and price differentiation” without any regulatory interference. The sub-agenda however, is that these legal texts could enable network operators to shrug off accountability for filtering, throttling and degrading user traffic, including access to content. With obvious implications for the neutrality of the network.
Here is the original AT&T lobbying document.
http://www.iptegrity.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=232&Itemid=9