The Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG) on Thursday launched a review into the U.K.’s open Internet code of practice.
The government advisory body said it will evaluate the efficacy of the current regime, assess its compatibility with the EU’s net neutrality proposals, and identify potential improvements.
The BSG helped to draw up the traffic management and open Internet codes of practice, published in 2011 and 2012 respectively.
Under the voluntary guidelines, ISPs pledge to publish their traffic management policies, and ensure that their Internet access products do not block legal Web content.
"Both codes have been essential in making sure we have an open Internet for consumers in the U.K.. The government encouraged the industry to develop a self-regulatory solution and so I am delighted with their success," said digital economy minister Ed Vaizey, in a statement.
The majority of U.K. ISPs have signed up to the rules.
"The U.K.’s self-regulatory approach has meant that consumers have benefited from increased transparency, service providers have been given regulatory certainty and content providers have been protected from discriminating practices," added Matthew Evans, CEO of the BSG.
"It is right that we review the codes’ compliance under the new EU regulation and make sure that they are fit for the future," he said.
