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The proposal is the latest attempt by Europe's largest ISPs to get paid twice for delivering the content their customers request - by their customers & by content providers. In 2012, BEREC rejected this proposal as dangerous and unworkable. It did so again last October.

These kinds of have never existed in the EU & violate Europe’s net neutrality law. They would be a radical departure from how the internet has operated over the last 30 years & would harm European consumers, businesses, creators, and non-profits.

Barbara van Schewick

While the internet is far from perfect, the solution to its growing pains is not going to be found in overturning its fundamental economics & tossing out in a fruitless attempt to solve a non-existent problem.