Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, Vodafone, and 12 other European telecoms argue that Meta, Google, Netflix, and other US giants should share network costs
EXCLUSIVE With eye on Big Tech, energy crisis, EU telcos call for shared network costs https://www.reuters.com/... @Reuters @ReutersTech @ReutersBiz @thomsonreuters @EUReuters
Lots of arguments that it's time for tech companies to pay their fair share for internet infrastructure. Waiting for Google's @MattBrittin to speak #FTETNO https://twitter.com/...
Brittin starting with 1) Google's work with telcos and 2) whether there's a business case for this and 3) tech companies' investments in data centres, undersea cables, caches
@MarethBrian I get that. But, telcos make it sound like, fair contribution is the solution to energy crisis. Let's start with cryptocurrencies if we want to seriously reduce energy!
Cheap shot! EU's big telcos try to score more political points and push their unsavoury proposal on “fair contribution” by playing into the energy crisis. Whichever way you look at it, proposal is NOT good for the Internet; it's NOT good for consumers. https://www.reuters.com/...