The proposed Digital Networks Act will introduce a “facility for voluntary conciliation” as part of an effort to mitigate problems within the internet “ecosystem”. There will be no network usage fees imposed, nor a binding dispute resolution mechanism for IP interconnection issues.
At the same, the DNA will expand the concept of interconnection to also include private networks such as content delivery networks (CDN), including them in the scope of the conciliation facility.
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