Merge pull request 'adding PR about Router Freedom' (#3743 ) from news-20230915-RF into master

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adding PR about Router Freedom
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+<html newsdate="2023-09-15">
+<version>1</version>
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+<head>
+  <title>Router Freedom: German telcos want to exclude fiber</title>
+</head>
+
+<body>
+
+<h1>Router Freedom: German telcos want to exclude fiber</h1>
+
+<p>German network operators have requested the national regulator 
+Bundesnetzagentur to start procedures to exclude Router Freedom from 
+fiber networks. In a consultation, the FSFE picks apart all the telcos’ 
+arguments and calls on the regulator to respect consumer rights.</p> 
+
+
+<figure class="no-border">
+  <img 
+  src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/5a92ce4766c686c21f06f0fec28618e1.jpg" 
+  alt="Image showing diverse ports of a router" />
+</figure>
+
+
+<p>The German telecommunications regulator Bundesnetzagentur,<a href="https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/DE/Fachthemen/Telekommunikation/Unternehmenspflichten/Schnittstelle_netzabschluss/start.html"> has opened 
+procedures</a> to analyse a request made by fiber network operators 
+requesting to exclude Router Freedom from fiber networks. The request 
+contains the fiber operators’ arguments, including security of the 
+network, cost of support, quality of service and interoperability 
+issues.</p>
+
+<p>In the <a href="https://download.fsfe.org/routers/fsfe-bnetza-fiber-de-2023.pdf">public consultation (in German)</a> the FSFE has called on the regulator 
+to dismiss the request since it goes against the German law and the EU 
+regulatory framework of net neutrality, which has clearly set rules 
+safeguarding freedom of terminal equipment for end-users. Although the 
+network operators have tried to pose fiber networks as a special case, 
+we have demonstrated that there is no objective technological necessity 
+to abolish Router Freedom. On the contrary, Router Freedom represents 
+also for fiber freedom of choice, security, consumer welfare, fair 
+competition and sustainability.</p> 
+
+<p>The FSFE’s arguments were also 
+supported by empirical data collected in the comprehensive Router 
+Freedom survey, where more than 1.600 participants have stated their 
+problems with ISPs hampering their rights to use their own routers and 
+modems.</p>
+
+<figure class="no-border">
+  <img 
+  src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/original/85/86/6a74ab703ca9297fa8bd6b564be3.png" 
+  alt="Illustration showing a graphic with answers about router freedom principles" />
+  <figcaption>Router Freedom is key for a neutral, fair and secure Internet access</figcaption>
+</figure>
+
+
+<div> <blockquote><p>"German fiber networks are pushing the boundaries 
+against Router Freedom. However, telcos were not able to prove the 
+necessity to revisit the law, making their request void. We call on the 
+Bundesnetzagentur to consider end-users rights and interests and 
+safeguard Router Freedom in fiber networks".</p> <p class="author"> - Alexander Sander, FSFE’s Senior Policy Consultant.</p></blockquote>
+</div>
+
+<p><strong><italic>You can download the FSFE’s consultation paper <a href="https://download.fsfe.org/routers/fsfe-bnetza-fiber-de-2023.pdf">here (in German)</a></italic></strong></p>
+
+</body>
+	
+<tags>
+  <tag key="front-page" />
+   <tag key="routers">Router Freedom</tag>
+   <tag key="de">Germany</tag>
+   <tag key="deviceneutrality">device-neutrality</tag>
+
+
+</tags>
+
+<discussion href="https://community.fsfe.org/t/1073"/>  
+<image url="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/5a92ce4766c686c21f06f0fec28618e1.jpg" 
+  alt="Image showing diverse ports of a router" /> />
+
+
+</html>
+
+
+
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