[kictanet] Data roaming charges to end in EU within two years

[Dennis Kioko]

@meshack The move was a regulatory one. Operators are not known to be
pro-actively lower prices, unless for competitive purposes.

On Thursday, 2 July 2015, meshack emakunat via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> if it is so in europe, i think we in africa will have no other choice than
> to follow suit since most of the operators are european and british
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>   On Wednesday, July 1, 2015 9:22 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva <
> Kivuva at transworldafrica.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','Kivuva at transworldafrica.com');>> wrote:
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> This EU rules set to re-define the meaning of net neutrality. Is this a
> balance between the far right and leftists?
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> "A deal, reached on Tuesday, also sets out rules requiring telecom
> operators to treat most internet traffic equally. But the net neutrality
> rules will allow firms to favour some services, such as internet TVs."
>
> Another instance where pure net neutrality is curtailed:
>
> "But it will enshrine the principle of net neutrality, which stops
> internet service providers (ISPs) favouring some internet traffic, in
> European law for the first time. However, as mooted in March, there will be
> exceptions to those rules. ISPs will be able to favour services that
> require high-quality internet connections, such as internet TVs, as long as
> they do not impinge on the overall quality of internet traffic. The
> commission said they would also be able to throttle traffic if it was in
> the public interest to do so. For example, to combat the proliferation of
> images of child sexual abuse or a terrorist attack."
>
> What direction should Kenya or East Africa take? Should we have instances
> where net neutrality is subverted? Should we also reach a compromise?
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> ______________________
> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
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> "There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on
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> On 30 June 2015 at 20:36, meshack emakunat via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke');>> wrote:
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> fyi
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> Data roaming charges to end in EU within two years - BBC News
> <http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33325031>
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> [image: image] <http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33325031>
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> Data roaming charges to end in EU within two years - BBC...
> <http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33325031>
> After its watered down plans were attacked in March, the EU reaches a deal
> to end mobile data roaming charges and define net neutrality rules.
> View on www.bbc.com <http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33325031>
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