internet lab | Podcast Season: 2 / Episode: 4 - 13-4-2023

1:1 with Luca Belli
Center for Technology and Society, FGV Law School

Episode Highlights

00:00 Intro

00:55 What’s Wrong With the EC Consultation on the Future of Telecoms

08:03 Outro

Key Quotes

"It's pretty much the same kind of conversation we had 10 years ago, exactly a decade ago about net neutrality."

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"It's actually a proposal to charge twice for the usage of broadband networks: to charge both the user and the content provider, and this is quite questionable in terms of net neutrality."

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"If the pandemic showed something, it was a very good stress test that allowed us to say that the net neutrality model in Europe works well."

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"Until 2020/21, many network operators in Europe were offering free unlimited video (...). It's very curious to think that at the same time operators may complain about collapsing networks due to congestion, but are also offering unlimited video (...)."

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"A more rational and well informed debate would be in the benefit of everyone, all stakeholders, especially European consumers."

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About Our Guest

Prof. Luca Belli | Professor & Head - Center for Technology and Society, FGV Law School

Luca Belli is Professor of Digital Governance and Regulation at Foundation Getulio Vargas Law School in Brazil, where he directs the Center for Technology and Society and the CyberBRICS project. Luca served as Net Neutrality specialist for the Council of Europe and was the founder of the Net Neutrality Coalition of the UN Internet Governance Forum. His works have been quoted by numerous media outlets, including The Economist, Financial Times, Forbes, Le Monde, BBC, China Today, The Hill, O Globo, and Folha de São Paulo.

Relevant Resources

29 Internet Experts and Academics send a Letter to the Commission urging to abandon the “Sending-Party-Network-Pays” proposal

Belli, L. (2017). Net neutrality, zero rating and the Minitelisation of the internet. Journal of Cyber Policy. Vol.2, 2017 - Issue 1

Belli, L. and P. De Filippi. eds. (2016). Net Neutrality Compendium: Human Rights, Free Competition and the Future of the Internet. Springer

Belli, L., & Van Bergen, M. (2013). Protecting Human Rights through Network Neutrality: Furthering Internet Users’ Interest, Modernising Human Rights and Safeguarding the Open Internet. Council of Europe. CDMSI(2013)misc19E

Center for Technology and Society (CTS), FGV Law School

Prof. Luca Belli

1:1 with Luca BelliCenter for Technology and Society, FGV Law School