1:1 with Bill Woodcock
In this podcast Bill Woodcock (Packet Clearing House) & the internet lab discuss the tech dimension of internet regulation
📌Episode Highlights
⏲️[00:00] Intro
⏲️[01:43] Q1 - How do you interpret the relationship between users accessing more content and services online and the impact this may have on telcos?
⏲️[08:58] Q2 - What are the inherent dangers (if any) of Big Tech being requested to pay for the network of telcos?
⏲️[13:11] Q3 - Do you think it is appropriate to compare the contribution of Big Tech and telcos in infrastructure, as suggested by some?
⏲️[21:40] You have 1 minute to deliver a message to the powers that be in the EU on the 'fair contribution' discussion: make your case.
⏲️[23:33] Outro
📌About Our Guest
🎙️ Bill Woodcock | Executive Director, Packet Clearing House
🐦 https://twitter.com/woodyatpch
🌐 29 Internet Experts and Academics send a Letter to the Commission urging to abandon the “Sending-Party-Network-Pays” proposal
🌐 Packet Clearing House
🌐 Bill Woodcock
Bill Woodcock is the executive director of Packet Clearing House (PCH), the international non-governmental organisation that builds and supports critical Internet infrastructure, including Internet exchange points and the core of the domain name system. Since entering the Internet industry in 1985, he has helped establish more than three hundred Internet exchange points. In 2011, Bill wrote the first survey of Internet interconnection agreements, as input to the OECD’s analysis of the Internet economy. He then conducted follow-on surveys in 2016 and 2021, with the participation of more than 27,000 Internet service providers in 192 countries. He also served on the board of the American Registry for Internet Numbers for fifteen years. Currently, Bill’s work focuses on the security and economic stability of critical Internet infrastructure.
📌Episode Highlights
⏲️[00:00] Intro
⏲️[01:43] Q1 - How do you interpret the relationship between users accessing more content and services online and the impact this may have on telcos?
⏲️[08:58] Q2 - What are the inherent dangers (if any) of Big Tech being requested to pay for the network of telcos?
⏲️[13:11] Q3 - Do you think it is appropriate to compare the contribution of Big Tech and telcos in infrastructure, as suggested by some?
⏲️[21:40] You have 1 minute to deliver a message to the powers that be in the EU on the 'fair contribution' discussion: make your case.
⏲️[23:33] Outro
📌About Our Guest
🎙️ Bill Woodcock | Executive Director, Packet Clearing House
🐦 https://twitter.com/woodyatpch
🌐 29 Internet Experts and Academics send a Letter to the Commission urging to abandon the “Sending-Party-Network-Pays” proposal
🌐 Packet Clearing House
🌐 Bill Woodcock
Bill Woodcock is the executive director of Packet Clearing House (PCH), the international non-governmental organisation that builds and supports critical Internet infrastructure, including Internet exchange points and the core of the domain name system. Since entering the Internet industry in 1985, he has helped establish more than three hundred Internet exchange points. In 2011, Bill wrote the first survey of Internet interconnection agreements, as input to the OECD’s analysis of the Internet economy. He then conducted follow-on surveys in 2016 and 2021, with the participation of more than 27,000 Internet service providers in 192 countries. He also served on the board of the American Registry for Internet Numbers for fifteen years. Currently, Bill’s work focuses on the security and economic stability of critical Internet infrastructure.
