[Net-Gold] * Chinese Plan to Meter Net Traffic *

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Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:04:15 -0700 (MST)
From: George Lessard <me...@web.net>
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Subject: [Net-Gold] * Chinese Plan to Meter Net Traffic *

* Chinese Plan to Meter Net Traffic *

China is seeking international agreement
to let it meter net traffic that passes
through its borders.

Full story:

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/
uk_news/politics/8417680.stm>

But an EU cyber security expert has warned
the plan could threaten the stability of the
entire internet.

Andrea Servida, of the European Commission,
told a House of Lords committee that China could
have a "hidden agenda" in wanting to monitor
data flows.

And, in later comments to BBC News, he suggested
technical changes needed to charge everyone for
internet traffic flowing through China could
undermine the web's founding principle of openness
as well as raising security and stability concerns
for all net users.

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