Re: [Apn] [arch-d] Question List for APN: Q#8

[Vittorio Bertola <[e-mail]>]

>     Il 01/10/2020 09:16 Sørensen, Frode <[e-mail]> ha scritto:
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>     E.g. regarding the European net neutrality regulation it is commonly understood that multiple traffic classes/QoS classes with different performance levels could be accepted – as long as the traffic classes are application-agnostic, which means that any application may populate any traffic class as selected by the end-user.
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>      In this regard it is essential that the end-user controls the selection of QoS level, and that this is not controlled by the ISP, nor indirectly controlled by the application provider. The ISP offers the different QoS levels, and the end-user requests the QoS level for the application’s traffic over the internet access service.
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ISPs can also differentiate QoS on their own, as long as this is done "only on the basis of objectively different technical quality of service requirements (for example, in terms of latency, jitter, packet loss, and bandwidth) of the specific categories of traffic, and not on the basis of commercial considerations" (Recital 9 of the regulation). If an ISP wants to prioritize video streaming over other traffic they can do so, as long as they do so for all video streaming providers in the same way and they don't get paid for this.

Moreover, these European guidelines are then applied at the national level, so there are considerable differences across countries; and several ISPs just pretend they don't exist, e.g. with regard to "zero rating" offers.

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