Quick answers to the data required brake Telekom in the sights of ... - RP ONLINE

OF DANA Schülbe – last updated: 06.05.2013 – 17:12

Bonn (RPO) The exchange of data via the Internet has increased in the past year -. both fixed-line and mobile, as is evident from the annual report of the Federal Network Agency. According watchful look, the agency now plans to throttle the Telekom – and calls for quick answers

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For days, the plans of the telecom data for a brake for criticism, petitions or ridicule in the network (# drosselkom) provide. But so really swayed the Telekom apparently not forsake them. For the Federal Network Agency as monitoring device is now reason enough to dig deeper once.

In presenting the annual report of the Authority President Jochen Homann has demanded clarity about the throttling plans. He wrote a letter to Deutsche Telekom CEO Rene Obermann and asked to mid-May to answer. The Telekom must ensure transparency and net neutrality, Homann said. “Net neutrality means simply that there can be no discrimination against other providers or conversely a preference for the own offer.

More broadband connections via cable

The Network Agency President can understand the excitement of the public in this regard seem – especially when he looks at the development in the telecommunications market. The deployment of broadband networks have been standing beside the energy change in the focus of 2012, said the agency.

the end of 2012, the balance of power agency, approximately 28 million broadband lines were in operation. With a share of 83 per cent was still the dominant DSL connection technology. But for the first time since the introduction of technology, the proportion was slightly decreased.

According to the network provider, however there was an increase in the broad-wired connections. 4.4 million customers were using this now. Pure Fiber connectors admit it, however little.

And also the amount of data that is exchanged over the network, increases more and more, notes the Federal Network Agency. According to estimates by the end of 2012 it had risen to 4.3 billion euros. In particular, video and Co could increase the amount. That was the way in mobile network is the case, imagine what the seller a challenge.

criticism of the gradual disclosure of the plans

Precisely the large amounts of data, there also seem to be that the telecom move to introduce a Data brake. The Agency says that the telecom’m basically free as they try their tariffs, because the customer would have the option to change providers.

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must be ensured that customers were already informed about the conditions in the contract. And it will regrets only gradually clear that the telecom ask what plans they have. This applies to the statement that the brake data initially applied only to new customers, but now starting to come out that existing customers could be affected.

In relation to the way electricity networks declared the Federal Network Agency in its annual report that the power lines-course in the summer will concretely – namely, when the Federal Council had adopted the Federal Requirements Planning Act. Then could the planning and approval process begin – and that might make the Federal Network Agency in 2013 with major challenges

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