Telecoms plan shielded European Internet

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Germany's state-backed Telekom confirmed on Sunday that German providers were discussing an Internet confined within Europe's "Schengen" countries. One project code-named "Clean Pipe" would help firms to fend off industrial spies and hackers.

Schengen is the Luxembourg border town where in 1985 EU nations initiated a visa-free zone that now encompasses 26 European countries but excludes Britain.

A Telekom spokesman told the German news agency DPA that talks were taking place with "diverse, likely partners." The project would be unveiled on Monday at an information technology (IT) conference in Bonn.

According to the news magazine Der Spiegel, Telekom managers see fewer technical setup problems than IT experts had at first anticipated.

http://www.dw.de/telecoms-plan-shielded-european-internet/a-17217304?maca=en-rss-en-eu-2092-rdf

[JimDandy]

1. That's what I'm talking about... an uncompromised alternate internet

Thumb your nose at the NSA. Whoo hoo!

Come on now... get something going here. And then dump Google, Yahoo, AT&T and all the other companies who were complicit and so willingly gave up our info to the govt and any company they could sell it to.

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2. It's not hard to do, just no motivation, until now.

Now lots of people will be making new arrangements.