35 organizations from 19 countries have formed a coalition for network neutrality Bashny.Net

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) присоединился to 35 organizations from 19 countries who formed a global coalition for network neutrality Global Net Neutrality Coalition .

"The scope and diversity of this coalition emphasizes that net neutrality has become a truly global problem - said in a press release EFF. - Internet users in the United States борются for the обратную classification of broadband telecommunications service instead information service (change of classification passed in 2002), to be regarded as providers normal channels of communication. On the other side of the Atlantic, too, activists fighting for the free internet, which again under threat this week ».

Net neutrality - the principle on which telecom service providers do not give preference to one target destination to another, or one class of applications over others. Wikipedia says that "the fundamental idea originated in the era of the invention of the telegraph in the middle of the XIX century. Telegram delivered to the "same", on equal terms, without attempting to distinguish between their content and adjust them as belonging to one or another method of delivering technical ».

EFF points out that the transformation of the Internet into an open platform does not mean that telecoms lose the right to take reasonable measures to regulate traffic on their networks or to offer different rates for their services, for example, individuals and legal entities. Not at all, explains the EFF. But net neutrality - a ban on unfair competition, when telecoms use their position to discriminate against competitors. Or the creation of "closed areas", where some are only available sites and services.

The site of the coalition will be set forth the basic rules of network neutrality, as well as documents created by the bank for all countries participating in the project (such as legal support and educational resources).

Source: geektimes.ru/post/242014/