"Where is a multi-billion pound railway build really a broadband initiative?" asked Alice. "In the UK of course," roared the Queen. In more grumbles, the Codgers ask: Bundles - what are they about and who wants them? And then there's the EU changing the opt-in rules (about time) as evidence of misuse of personal information grows. While in France, the land of Free, there's been a fracas over Google's tax affairs and so the thought has occurred: "Let's try and get Google to pay the telcos as well."
ISP and mobile operator Free and Google are at daggers drawn in France over Internet peering, piping and who pays what. Free says Google should pay and has been slowing Google traffic and removing ads from its content. Customers have been complaining about bad performance. Ian Scales asks broadband consultant Benoit Felten if he can explain what's happening.
