Subj : Cable modem change
To   : Markus Reschke
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Sun Dec 04 2016 22:14:24

Hello Markus,

On Sunday December 04 2016 12:32, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> I'd be in favour of that, but I doubt it will happen any time
 MvdV>> soon. With the present resistence against "rules from Brussels"
 MvdV>> the EU should thread carefully to not overplay her hand,

 MR> If the market fails we have to solve the problem by regulation.

I agree in principle. Many things just can not be left to the market alone. But experience shows that the market is very inventive in neutralising regulation... :(

 MvdV>> she does not have much clout anyway. Look how long it took them to
 MvdV>> do something about the extravagant roaming costs. And /that/ is
 MvdV>> something the customer feels in his wallet...

 MR> Not for data. Based on the latest developments roaming costs for data
 MR> could even increase.

I hear contradicting stories.

 MR>  The mobile providers got good lobbyists and the
 MR> politcians forgot about their promises and the EU citizens.

Which illustrates what I just said: the EU not not have much clout when it comes to regulating Telecom. I doubt the EU is able to force the providers to roll out IPv6...


Cheers, Michiel

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