Rudolf van der Berg
@internetthought.bsky.social
Telecom and Internet policy guy. Law, economics, policy and tech it all comes together in my work. Advise governments, telcos, businesses, academics and random people. Sustainability, competition, data centers, traffic, regulators, net neutrality, routing
The proposed Digital Networks Act removed digital sustainability as a rationale for regulating IP interconnection and instead went for economic sustainability. Here is a pdf with line by line comparison and an initial analysis #DigitalNetworksAct #peering www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Comparison of final version DNA with the leaked version | Rudolf van der Berg
The Commission published the proposal for the Digital Networks Act today. https://lnkd.in/exvzrsBj I attach a combined version made by someone else. If you want to discuss what the proposal means for ...
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January 21, 2026 at 11:27 AM
The proposed Digital Networks Act removed digital sustainability as a rationale for regulating IP interconnection and instead went for economic sustainability. Here is a pdf with line by line comparison and an initial analysis #DigitalNetworksAct #peering www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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The Economist, April 8th 1933.
(The territorial dispute between Norway and Denmark over parts of #Greenland was decided in Denmark's favour by the International Court.)
(The territorial dispute between Norway and Denmark over parts of #Greenland was decided in Denmark's favour by the International Court.)
January 20, 2026 at 10:52 AM
The Economist, April 8th 1933.
(The territorial dispute between Norway and Denmark over parts of #Greenland was decided in Denmark's favour by the International Court.)
(The territorial dispute between Norway and Denmark over parts of #Greenland was decided in Denmark's favour by the International Court.)
Apparently the publication of the Digital Networks Act has moved to 10:30am tomorrow #DigitalNetworksAct
January 20, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Apparently the publication of the Digital Networks Act has moved to 10:30am tomorrow #DigitalNetworksAct
Tomorrow we will read the final version of the Digital Networks Act. Will the nonsensical language on digital sustainability still be there? The Digital Networks Act uses digital sustainability as the axe to cut net neutrality and IP-interconnection
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The Digital Networks Act uses digital sustainability as the axe to cut net neutrality and IP-interconnection
Digital sustainability as a reason to end #netneutrality and #peering. I hadn't thought the European Commission would fall for it, but they have.
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January 19, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Tomorrow we will read the final version of the Digital Networks Act. Will the nonsensical language on digital sustainability still be there? The Digital Networks Act uses digital sustainability as the axe to cut net neutrality and IP-interconnection
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1956 has called.
💥Viktor Orbán’s foreign minister Péter Szijjártó says Hungary is BLOCKING a joint EU statement on Greenland.
After years acting as a Trojan horse for Russia and China, Budapest now does the same for Donald Trump.
Meanwhile, Orbán ally Andrej Babiš’s Czech government also refuses to back Denmark...
After years acting as a Trojan horse for Russia and China, Budapest now does the same for Donald Trump.
Meanwhile, Orbán ally Andrej Babiš’s Czech government also refuses to back Denmark...
January 19, 2026 at 6:44 PM
1956 has called.
My favorite German shirt maker Eterna filed for insolvency. For the last 10-15 years I buy their shirts. They have 68cm sleeves and 73cm sleeves for tall people. The fit is always the same, the designs change, precisely what I need. Please help them. 😜 www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/...
Eterna: Hemdenhersteller ist insolvent
Der Hersteller klassischer Bürohemden muss Insolvenz anmelden und soll saniert werden. Das Interesse von Investoren an der Marke sei riesig, betont das Unternehmen.
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January 19, 2026 at 5:47 PM
My favorite German shirt maker Eterna filed for insolvency. For the last 10-15 years I buy their shirts. They have 68cm sleeves and 73cm sleeves for tall people. The fit is always the same, the designs change, precisely what I need. Please help them. 😜 www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/...
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On le voit venir depuis longtemps dans les études plaidant le tri des usages numériques "responsables" : sous couvert d'impact, des lobbyistes tentent de faire passer dans le Digital Networks Act l'arrêt de la neutralité du net. Voilà pourquoi il faut débunker les évaluations erronées.
The Digital Networks Act uses digital sustainability as the axe to cut #netneutrality and IP-interconnection. This overview shows is that someone in Brussels used digital sustainability as the Trojan horse to get passed the gates of the EU's net neutrality bastion.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/digita...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/digita...
The Digital Networks Act uses digital sustainability as the axe to cut net neutrality and IP-interconnection
Digital sustainability as a reason to end #netneutrality and #peering. I hadn't thought the European Commission would fall for it, but they have.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:51 PM
On le voit venir depuis longtemps dans les études plaidant le tri des usages numériques "responsables" : sous couvert d'impact, des lobbyistes tentent de faire passer dans le Digital Networks Act l'arrêt de la neutralité du net. Voilà pourquoi il faut débunker les évaluations erronées.
The US president just made a statement saying he does not want Americans to engage in economic collaboration with the European enemies of the USA. To ensure compliance he is improving a tariff.
Don't buy Dutch cheese, cacao and EUV-machines.
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Don't buy Dutch cheese, cacao and EUV-machines.
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Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
We have subsidized Denmark, and all of the Countries of the European Union, and others, for many years by not charging them Tariffs, or any other forms of remuneration. Now, after Centuries, it is tim...
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January 17, 2026 at 6:54 PM
The US president just made a statement saying he does not want Americans to engage in economic collaboration with the European enemies of the USA. To ensure compliance he is improving a tariff.
Don't buy Dutch cheese, cacao and EUV-machines.
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
Don't buy Dutch cheese, cacao and EUV-machines.
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
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8/x I'll come back to jetsam later in the "ZONG massacre". Then we have "lagan" or "ligan" (laying down). This refers to goods cast overboard like jetsam but tied to a buoy or marker to facilitate later recovery. The intent to return is explicit.
January 16, 2026 at 7:59 AM
8/x I'll come back to jetsam later in the "ZONG massacre". Then we have "lagan" or "ligan" (laying down). This refers to goods cast overboard like jetsam but tied to a buoy or marker to facilitate later recovery. The intent to return is explicit.
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18/x Under 18th century British maritime law, slaves were legally property, insurable cargo like livestock. Policies covered “perils of the sea,” but natural deaths at sea were usually not compensable.
January 16, 2026 at 7:59 AM
18/x Under 18th century British maritime law, slaves were legally property, insurable cargo like livestock. Policies covered “perils of the sea,” but natural deaths at sea were usually not compensable.
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21/x No criminal prosecution followed. Granville Sharp attempted to bring murder charges, but authorities refused, viewing the enslaved as property, not persons capable of being murder victims under English law. The case remained a civil insurance dispute.
January 16, 2026 at 7:59 AM
21/x No criminal prosecution followed. Granville Sharp attempted to bring murder charges, but authorities refused, viewing the enslaved as property, not persons capable of being murder victims under English law. The case remained a civil insurance dispute.
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A few days ago, I've been treated to a presentation of their annual market study by Fédération Française des Télécoms. It is actually the lobbying material they serve to politicians. I was disgusted to hear that, in the year of the Lord 2026, they are still attempting to harm net neutrality.
Telco shills within the Commission are trying to end net neutrality under the guise of promoting digital sustainable, energy efficiency and network planning. Hopefully the Council isn't stupid enough to fall for it.
This industry sees a well-functioning market and wants to destroy it.
This industry sees a well-functioning market and wants to destroy it.
The Digital Networks Act uses digital sustainability as the axe to cut #netneutrality and IP-interconnection. This overview shows is that someone in Brussels used digital sustainability as the Trojan horse to get passed the gates of the EU's net neutrality bastion.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/digita...
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January 16, 2026 at 2:47 PM
A few days ago, I've been treated to a presentation of their annual market study by Fédération Française des Télécoms. It is actually the lobbying material they serve to politicians. I was disgusted to hear that, in the year of the Lord 2026, they are still attempting to harm net neutrality.
Does Belgium have no government or 6 governments? And nobody told @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social that the government of Europe is also in Brussels!! I bet he still prefers that (and Belgian beer, waffles and healthcare) over the current US omnishambles
Learning about Brussels' government in the least effective way possible
January 16, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Does Belgium have no government or 6 governments? And nobody told @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social that the government of Europe is also in Brussels!! I bet he still prefers that (and Belgian beer, waffles and healthcare) over the current US omnishambles
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Learning about Brussels' government in the least effective way possible
January 16, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Learning about Brussels' government in the least effective way possible
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Telco shills within the Commission are trying to end net neutrality under the guise of promoting digital sustainable, energy efficiency and network planning. Hopefully the Council isn't stupid enough to fall for it.
This industry sees a well-functioning market and wants to destroy it.
This industry sees a well-functioning market and wants to destroy it.
The Digital Networks Act uses digital sustainability as the axe to cut #netneutrality and IP-interconnection. This overview shows is that someone in Brussels used digital sustainability as the Trojan horse to get passed the gates of the EU's net neutrality bastion.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/digita...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/digita...
The Digital Networks Act uses digital sustainability as the axe to cut net neutrality and IP-interconnection
Digital sustainability as a reason to end #netneutrality and #peering. I hadn't thought the European Commission would fall for it, but they have.
www.linkedin.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Telco shills within the Commission are trying to end net neutrality under the guise of promoting digital sustainable, energy efficiency and network planning. Hopefully the Council isn't stupid enough to fall for it.
This industry sees a well-functioning market and wants to destroy it.
This industry sees a well-functioning market and wants to destroy it.
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The Digital Networks Act uses digital sustainability as the axe to cut #netneutrality and IP-interconnection. This overview shows is that someone in Brussels used digital sustainability as the Trojan horse to get passed the gates of the EU's net neutrality bastion.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/digita...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/digita...
The Digital Networks Act uses digital sustainability as the axe to cut net neutrality and IP-interconnection
Digital sustainability as a reason to end #netneutrality and #peering. I hadn't thought the European Commission would fall for it, but they have.
www.linkedin.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The Digital Networks Act uses digital sustainability as the axe to cut #netneutrality and IP-interconnection. This overview shows is that someone in Brussels used digital sustainability as the Trojan horse to get passed the gates of the EU's net neutrality bastion.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/digita...
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Decade on from the #OpenInternet (not #NetNeutrality!) Regulation & BEREC Code, here's a reminder of what it is, how it happened, why it still matters, and where it was written European Open Internet regulation in: Network neutrality share.google/w4REu2Gr8hun...
European Open Internet regulation
This chapter first considers the 2013 Proposal and Trilogue in 2014/15, then the 2015 Regulation's net neutrality aspects, before finally looking at the details of Body of European Regulators of Electronic Communications' (BEREC) implementation of its Guidelines. BEREC explains its outstanding concern on four topics: traffic management practices; Specialised Services; transparency in Internet access quality; and 'commercial practices', such as zero rating. European law upheld transparency on a mandatory basis, and minimum Quality of Service (QoS) on a voluntary basis, under provisions in the 2009 electronic communications framework. After more than two years of gestation, on 27 October 2015 the net neutrality law was approved by the European Parliament. Rather than unequivocally affirming the pillars of net neutrality, the EU policymakers enshrined only the first two components into the Regulation, thus tempering neutrality into a less principled vague 'Open Internet'.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Decade on from the #OpenInternet (not #NetNeutrality!) Regulation & BEREC Code, here's a reminder of what it is, how it happened, why it still matters, and where it was written European Open Internet regulation in: Network neutrality share.google/w4REu2Gr8hun...
The Digital Networks Act uses digital sustainability as the axe to cut #netneutrality and IP-interconnection. This overview shows is that someone in Brussels used digital sustainability as the Trojan horse to get passed the gates of the EU's net neutrality bastion.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/digita...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/digita...
The Digital Networks Act uses digital sustainability as the axe to cut net neutrality and IP-interconnection
Digital sustainability as a reason to end #netneutrality and #peering. I hadn't thought the European Commission would fall for it, but they have.
www.linkedin.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The Digital Networks Act uses digital sustainability as the axe to cut #netneutrality and IP-interconnection. This overview shows is that someone in Brussels used digital sustainability as the Trojan horse to get passed the gates of the EU's net neutrality bastion.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/digita...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/digita...
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Telegraaf: "Kabinet onderzoekt mogelijkheden om haatprediker te weren: Engeland zet omstreden influencer al voet dwars" ...
Oh nee, dat was die andere
Oh nee, dat was die andere
January 14, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Telegraaf: "Kabinet onderzoekt mogelijkheden om haatprediker te weren: Engeland zet omstreden influencer al voet dwars" ...
Oh nee, dat was die andere
Oh nee, dat was die andere
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This is very astute.
I watch the bulk of ashleythebaroness videos, despite rarely sharing them.
But this one hit today.
And she's right! We're not dealing with some foreign ideology. We're dealing with a uniquely American phenomenon.
fascism wrapped in our own flag
But this one hit today.
And she's right! We're not dealing with some foreign ideology. We're dealing with a uniquely American phenomenon.
fascism wrapped in our own flag
January 14, 2026 at 9:50 PM
This is very astute.
There are two versions of the leaked EU #digitalnetworksact in telecom! One with a recital on sustainable routing and interconnection and one without! It's the only (and erroneous) addition? Or correct removal? 🤔 #dna #peering #fairshare #netneutrality
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#digitalnetworksact #digitalsustainability | Rudolf van der Berg
The draft Digital Networks Act just leaked. (UPDATE: THERE ARE TWO VERSIONS! ONE WITH SUSTAINABILITY AND THE OTHER WITHOUT) It's bringing two of my hobbies together, IP-interconnection and digital sus...
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January 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
There are two versions of the leaked EU #digitalnetworksact in telecom! One with a recital on sustainable routing and interconnection and one without! It's the only (and erroneous) addition? Or correct removal? 🤔 #dna #peering #fairshare #netneutrality
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I agree the Italian law is flawed and will fail in court. However, even big tech firms have to play by the rules we've agreed on here in Europe and go through our legal process for remedies. I think any (opposition to) platform regulation starts with the recognition of those legal norms
January 10, 2026 at 1:03 AM
I agree the Italian law is flawed and will fail in court. However, even big tech firms have to play by the rules we've agreed on here in Europe and go through our legal process for remedies. I think any (opposition to) platform regulation starts with the recognition of those legal norms
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I heard that in the USA these issues are resolved by staying in golf resorts and paying for ballrooms, which I don't fully understand. In the EU, also in Italy, we moved away from that system. Ours is more cumbersome, but more fair. It takes a legal order, fines, court case, appeal, EU appeal etc.
January 10, 2026 at 12:51 AM
I heard that in the USA these issues are resolved by staying in golf resorts and paying for ballrooms, which I don't fully understand. In the EU, also in Italy, we moved away from that system. Ours is more cumbersome, but more fair. It takes a legal order, fines, court case, appeal, EU appeal etc.
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Thanks, we needed that rubbed in right now.
January 10, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Thanks, we needed that rubbed in right now.