«Net neutrality is one of those areas that most people are vaguely in favour of, without giving it much thought. Governments take advantage of this to make sympathetic noises while doing precisely nothing to preserve it. For example, following a UK consultation on net neutrality two years ago, Ofcom came out with a very wishy-washy statement that basically said we think net neutrality is a jolly good idea but we won't actually do anything to protect it.»
«The use of DPI to implement traffic shaping is another compelling reason to insist on net neutrality. If not, the danger is that DPI will be justified on the grounds that it is needed to manage traffic, and then the logic will be that since ISPs have DPI at their disposal it could also be used for certain "limited" purposes - you know, the usual "just to catch terrorists and paedophiles" argument - after which it would be generalised to check the legality of all content flowing through your connection (although the European Court of Justice might have something to say about that, luckily...)»