06 May 2013
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To kick off a three-day Internet conference in Berlin, the organizers have asked the federal government, something …
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Berlin. To kick off a three-day Internet conference in Berlin, the organizers have asked the federal government to take action against the plans of Deutsche Telekom for a speed-throttling in the fixed network.
“Now is the time to act,” Mark Beckedahl called for Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday. “You Prevent the Telekom introduces an Internet second-class!” Beckedahl, a re of four founders of the conference publication described the announcement of data caps in the fixed network as an attack on the principle of net neutrality, the non-discriminatory transport of all data packets demands on the Internet.
thousands of bloggers, Internet activists and media professionals meet until Wednesday to re: publica in Berlin. It also current political issues will play a role.
“They want to throw the core principle of a free and open Internet through the pile,” Beckedahl said of the Telekom. He criticized that the in-house TV service Entertain and other paid separately “managed services” are to be excluded in the calculation of the volume of data, and appealed to the assembled bloggers and Internet activists, “to set an example.” “Our blogs, our podcasts, our start-ups are the ones who perhaps can not afford.” Co-organizer Tanya Haeusler called on the participants to take such issues in less net-savvy sections of society.
Organizers expect up to 5,000 participants at the three-day event. On Monday morning, long lines formed at the inlet. The conference has been held since 2007, and is this year under the motto “In / Side / Out”, which symbolizes the increasing fusion of digital and analog life. On seven stages in the former railway station Dresden find discussions and lectures on Internet culture, power politics and the economy instead. Also, Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche is expected. (AP)
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