Commenting on change to US net neutrality rules, Andrew Glover, Chair of the ISPA Council, said:
“The changes to net neutrality rules in the US do not have an impact on customers of UK ISPs. For a long time, UK providers have been committed to preserving an open internet through a voluntary code. More recently, strict EU rules have come into force which clearly state that ‘providers of internet access services shall treat all traffic equally, when providing internet access services, without discrimination, restriction or interference’. Ofcom, the UK telecoms regulator, recently assessed the compliance of UK ISPs with these rules and found ‘that there are no major concerns regarding the openness of the internet in the UK’.”
Sources:
EU Rules: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32015R2120&from=EN
Ofcom assessment: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/103257/net-neutrality.pdf
Voluntary Code: http://www.broadbanduk.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/BSG-Open-Internet-Code-2016.pdf