The internet lab zooms in on the future of telecom with our ‘Telecom Time Capsules’ (#TTC).
Our next guest in this series brings a network expert’s perspective: Petra Arts, Senior Manager of Public Policy for Europe at Cloudflare.
📌 TTC Highlights
⏲️[00:00] Intro
⏲️[00:08] Let's Enable
⏲️[00:54] Let's Avoid
Key quotes:
🗣️ Focus on the big picture: “Policymakers have a great responsibility to nurture all the benefits that the Internet brings. (...) The area they really should be focused on is preserving a secure, resilient, and global Internet.”
🗣️ Stop artificial constraints: “Complex and conflicting regulation is placing artificial constraints on the Internet. (...) network usage fees (...) aim to force large content providers to pay telecom incumbents, even though users are already paying those telcos to access the content.”
🗣️ Avoid a two-tier internet: “This [network usage fees] model would create a two-speed Internet, leaving networks that don't pay large sums of money in the slow lane, and users unable to reliably access the content they choose.”
🗣️ Embrace collaboration for a seamless internet ecosystem: “Policymakers and the private sector can work together to ensure that the web becomes what we all want: open, secure, and empowering innovation. We should strive for seamless integration across the entire ecosystem.”
💡 The 'Telecom Time Capsule' concept
Our bite-sized videos bring you:
↪️ expert predictions on the evolving needs of a thriving connectivity environment for users and businesses, and
↪️ crucial insights on what policy-makers should (1) enable and (2) avoid.
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