Portal:Net Neutrality/Introduction

To read

• The dossier
• La Quadrature's response to the EU Commission's questionnaire on Net neutrality
• Open letter to the UE Parliament - "We Must Protect Net Neutrality in Europe!"
• French Parliamentary report (in English) on Net Neutrality

"Net Neutrality" is the basic concept of the Net as we know it. In the digital environment, it is the guarantee of a free-market economy, innovation and of fundamental liberties. Until now, Net Neutrality stood out as a rule, both for technical and economic reasons. However, it is actually threatened by the network's operators who see commercial opportunities in the control of the information's flow which they convey. It is crucial to jump on the opportunity that offers the third reading of the Telecoms Package's European directives to take strong measures intended to protect a free, opened and innovative Internet within the European Union. By now, you can submit or confirm restrictions to Internet access on RespectMyNet

Next Step

End of 2012 - EU Commission and BEREC to present guidelines on transparency, quality of service and competition. 3-14 December 2012 - World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai for a review of the ITRs