Finally, the EU’s abortive ‘Fair Share’ strategy is dead as part of the EU’s new trade agreement with the US. With the clarity we have come to expect, the EU does not mention the change in policy, while the US announcement declares that the EU “will not adopt or maintain network usage fees.” Given that the EU was hoping a surcharge on the US internet giants would be used to reinvest in operator networks, this apparent concession is painful. We have been actively hostile towards the ‘Fair Share’ or ‘fair contribution’ concept from the off. In this line of thinking, the operators should be paid by both their end-customers and the ‘large traffic generators’ (LTGs) that are creating the internet…