US ambassador: Internet fee proposal gaining momentum

[Heath]

http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-va...omentum-abroad

U.S. Ambassador Terry Kramer warned on Friday that a proposal to give a United Nations agency more control over the Internet is gaining momentum in other countries.

Proposals to expand the U.N.'s International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) authority over the Internet could come up at a treaty conference in Dubai in December. European telecommunications companies are pushing a plan that would create new rules that would allow them to charge more to carry international traffic.
The proposal by the European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association could force websites like Google, Facebook and Netflix to pay fees to network operators around the world.

Kramer said the idea of an international Internet fee is "gaining more interest in the African states and also in the Arab states."

He said the United States delegation to the conference will have to redouble its efforts to convince other countries that the proposal would only stifle innovation and economic growth.

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[masterbator]

greedy bastards

[Bretteo]

what a pisstake...

[luches]

sorry for my mistake. yeh you are right. USA is against it actually ^^. recently USA has been coming down on net like a hammer that im acting abit paranoid toward them

[Heath]

Did you even read the article?

It clearly states.

Kramer said the idea of an international Internet fee is "gaining more interest in the African states and also in the Arab states."

He said the United States delegation to the conference will have to redouble its efforts to convince other countries that the proposal would only stifle innovation and economic growth.

"Democrats and Republicans in the United States are united against proposals to increase international control of the Internet."

Meaning the US is OPPOSED to taxing the internet. It's other nations that are pushing for it.