Let ISPs lock their customers into longer contracts, says Oettinger

Let ISPs lock their customers into longer contracts, new EU digital economy chief suggests — Tech News and Analysis: "Getting rid of these protections arguably removes the incentive for ISPs to invest in network upgrades, because locked-in customers can’t leave when their service gets worse. That makes Oettinger’s latest idea the most worrying EU tech policy proposal I’ve heard in, ooh, days – the last eyebrow-raiser being Oettinger’s apparent desire to extend Germany’s useless “Google tax” law across the union." 'via Blog this'