Pre-Session Synthesis Due: 2 November 2018
Short Report Due: Within 12 hours of when session is held
- Session Type (Workshop, Open Forum, etc.): Birds of a Feather (90 minutes)
- Title: NN and beyond: ensuring freedom of choice online
- Date & Time: November the 13th, 2018/ 10:10am – 11:40 am
- Organizer(s):
Joseph Manoharan, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
Anaïs Le Gouguec, Arcep
- Chair/Moderator:
Vincent Toubiana (in-site moderator)
Helene Bout (online moderator)
- Rapporteur/Notetaker:
Boris Gartner
- List of speakers and their institutional affiliations (Indicate male/female/ transgender male/ transgender female/gender variant/prefer not to answer):
Sunil Bajpai, male, Government, Asia-Pacific Group
Philippe Tousignant, male, Government, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Anaïs Le Gouguec, female, Government, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Amba Kak, female, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group
Thomas Lohninger, male, Civil Society, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
- Theme (as listed here): Technical and Operational Topics
- Subtheme (as listed here): NET Neutrality
- Please state no more than three (3) key messages of the discussion. [150 words or less]
- A principle-based approach is not sufficient when it comes to preserving an open internet. Monitoring, measuring, collecting data, enforcing rules and coordinating at regional or global scale is required.
- National frameworks on net neutrality (notably on traffic management practices and differential pricing practices) may differ, but all reinforce the idea that network should be conceived and deployed as open and as a common good.
- Beyond net neutrality and rules imposed to ISPs, many restrictions to an open internet have been identified. Some measures may for instance bring more fluidity and provide freedom of choice to users when it comes to app stores and devices.