What is Net Neutrality and why is it important to all of us?
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Just like Comcast, Airtel is planning on violating Net Neutrality by introducing Airtel Zero. A service wherein end users would be able to access services by Airtel partners free of charge by allowing these partners to buy data from Airtel for this purpose. Which means that your access to services other than those or Airtel's partners would be solely at the discretion of Airtel. They would get the power to slow down the traffic to competitor services forcing you to use their partner services.
If such a plan were to succeed, the internet would be at the mercy of a few powerful players. ISPs would become the kingmakers, deciding who gets to run on their networks and who doesn't, subject to who pays up. Larger corporations who could afford their fees would run amok while start ups who can't afford it would run the risk of their projects not getting the traffic they deserve. This is totally unjust and against a free internet.
This thread is dedicated to voice your opinions about Net Neutrality and share news and updates regarding the developments on this front.
Shoot!
Edit:
A sample Net Neutrality law as drafted by members of /r/india: *docs.google.com/document/d/14F8Tg2yw5FiqzvQWRG_xl9CRy69sU95OSmIgisJj6Qw/edit?usp=sharing
Resources:
Save The Internet!
A:
Just like Comcast, Airtel is planning on violating Net Neutrality by introducing Airtel Zero. A service wherein end users would be able to access services by Airtel partners free of charge by allowing these partners to buy data from Airtel for this purpose. Which means that your access to services other than those or Airtel's partners would be solely at the discretion of Airtel. They would get the power to slow down the traffic to competitor services forcing you to use their partner services.
If such a plan were to succeed, the internet would be at the mercy of a few powerful players. ISPs would become the kingmakers, deciding who gets to run on their networks and who doesn't, subject to who pays up. Larger corporations who could afford their fees would run amok while start ups who can't afford it would run the risk of their projects not getting the traffic they deserve. This is totally unjust and against a free internet.
This thread is dedicated to voice your opinions about Net Neutrality and share news and updates regarding the developments on this front.
Shoot!
Edit:
A sample Net Neutrality law as drafted by members of /r/india: *docs.google.com/document/d/14F8Tg2yw5FiqzvQWRG_xl9CRy69sU95OSmIgisJj6Qw/edit?usp=sharing
Resources:
Save The Internet!
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