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by denzil_correa
4081 days ago
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The telcos and the government are trying to spin this as affordable Internet for the poor. Essentially, it does break net neutrality [0]. > At first glance it may appear that all traffic is handled equally in this charging model, but the fact is that once you have used your quota, the traffic that is exempted will be allowed to continue, while all other traffic will be throttled or blocked. This is clearly a case of discrimination between different types of traffic. Now, if this is so altruistic and for benefit of all - I would make three "requests" from the telecoms. 1. Telcos should not prevent ANY app/website or any other service from being registered on the zero rating platform. 2. Telcos should post every detail of their financial deal with zero rating partners public. Essentially, I would like to know if a zero rating partner is paying for this affordability or are these costs passed on to the consumer in secret. I am sure since this is for the good of everyone, telcos would have no problem agreeing to these two reasonable requests. [0] http://eng.nkom.no/topical-issues/news/net-neutrality-and-ch... |
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