1:1 with Konstantinos Komaitis

internet lab by information labs

Jan 12 2023 • 28 mins

📌Episode Highlights
⏲️[00:00] Intro
⏲️[01:26] Q1 - How do you interpret the relationship between users accessing more content and services online and the impact this may have on telcos?
⏲️[06:21] Q2 - What are the inherent dangers (if any) of Big Tech being requested to pay for the network of telcos?
⏲️[16:22] Q3 - Do you think it is appropriate to compare the contribution of Big Tech and telcos in infrastructure, as suggested by some?
⏲️[22:46] You have 1 minute to deliver a message to the powers that be in the EU on the 'fair contribution' discussion: make your case.
⏲️[24:34] Outro

📌About Our Guest
🎙️ Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis | Internet Policy & Strategy expert and author
🐦 https://twitter.com/kkomaitis
🌐 Internet collapse made in Europe (Verfassungsblog)
🌐 Europe’s Risky Plan for the Internet
🌐 29 Internet Experts and Academics send a Letter to the Commission urging to abandon the “Sending-Party-Network-Pays” proposal
🌐 European Commission’s 10 January 2023 Response to Letter from 29 Internet Experts and Academics

🌐 Internet of Humans Podcast
🌐 Konstantinos Komaitis

Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis is a veteran in developing and analysing Internet policy to ensure an open and global Internet. He spent almost ten years in active policy and strategy development as a Senior Director at the Internet society. Before that, he spent 7 years as a senior lecturer at the university of Strathclyde in Glasgow, where he was researching and teaching Internet policy. Konstantinos is a public speaker having talked at many events around the world, including a TedX talk. He is also the author of a book on domain name regulation and a writer for a variety of outlets such as Politico, Brookings, Slate, TechDirt, and EurActiv. Finally, he is the co-host with Jillian York of the "Internet of Humans Podcast".