At a 2014 Vodafone conference, German chancellor Angela Merkel suggested that telecoms should be allowed to offer faster internet to higher paying customers. Proponents argue that the additional revenue made by telecoms on these packages would enable them to invest in their infrastructure and take on dominant companies like Netflix and Google. Opponents argue that the government should regulate the internet like a public utility and capping speeds for lower paying customers will limit their choices.
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Response rates from 16.1k Baden-Württemberg voters.
7% Yes |
93% No |
6% Yes |
86% No |
1% Yes, only if it’s strictly based on a pay-per-quality model |
6% No, treat all traffic equally and continue the openness of the internet |
0% Yes, this would make the internet faster and more reliable for users |
1% No, this would allow them to remove competition, create artificial scarcity, and increase prices |
0% Yes, but only give priority by type (video over images) and not source (big website over little website) |
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Unique answers from Baden-Württemberg voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
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Yes, and deregulate service providers
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