Smart TVs cause a network neutrality debate in South Korea

Remember that whole network neutrality fight in the U.S. from 2009 and 2010? Well back then the issue was over applications hogging precious bandwidth, and ISPs hoping to charge the likes of Google, Netflix and others for the increasing traffic running across wireline and wireless pipes. Korea Telecom in South Korea has taken an interesting twist on the idea, and decided to block Samsung’s Smart TVs from accessing the Internet. That’s right, network neutrality isn’t just for applications anymore. KT cut off Samsung’s Smart TVs after a dispute over how much data those TVs consume.