{"id":23400,"date":"2023-10-25T19:31:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T19:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/?p=23400"},"modified":"2023-10-30T16:22:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T16:22:07","slug":"debate-on-fair-contribution-models-for-the-allocation-of-network-costs-gains-momentum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/en\/debate-on-fair-contribution-models-for-the-allocation-of-network-costs-gains-momentum\/","title":{"rendered":"Debate on \u201cFair Contribution\u201d Models for the Allocation of Network Costs Gains Momentum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Within the framework of the recent LACNIC 40 \/ LACNOG 2023 event, LACNIC provided a <\/strong>space for dialogue<\/strong><\/a> on the recent proposals for contribution models for investments in the development of network infrastructure, driven mainly by major telecommunications operators. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the target set on large traffic generators (GGT), the proposals include initiatives such as Cost Sharing<\/strong>, Sending Party Pays<\/strong>, and Fair Share<\/strong>. Their goal is for telcos to recover investment costs, as they argue for the need to \u201censure the future sustainability of the digital ecosystem in a scenario of exponential traffic growth, generated and monetized by major platforms.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cristiane Sanches, leader of the Abrint Council; Paula Bernardi, Senior Policy and Advocacy Advisor for the Internet Society; Gabriel Adonaylo, coordinator of LAC-IX (Latin American and Caribbean Internet Exchange Point Operators Association); and Ra\u00fal Echeberr\u00eda, executive director of the Latin American Internet Association (ALAI) participated in the debate<\/a>, which was moderated by Oscar Robles, executive director of LACNIC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conversation highlighted the various scopes of these models in areas such as Internet access, net neutrality, and financial issues<\/strong>, as well as their consequences for the different actors and components of the Internet ecosystem, small and large operators, content providers, Internet exchange points and, mainly, end users.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the dialogue, participants explained that these initiatives originate mainly in the European Union, where telcos are calling for new models that will \u201c…allow them to successfully compete in a market where the financial situation of the telecommunications sector has been deteriorating<\/strong> due to regulations focused on price reduction, which has intensified competition\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this context, organizations such as the European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association (ETNO) have proposed alternatives such as a direct compensation by OTT providers of a certain size; solutions such as direct individual or collective negotiations between ISPs, telcos, and OTTs; contributions for the creation of a special fund; or the introduction of a digital tax<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n