The Internet is under threat.
If some phone companies have their way, then that wonderful thing we've grown up on - and used for years to search, chat, research, review, share photos, watch videos, and of course, Skype and Whatsapp - may become too expensive to afford.
The foundation of the Internet was built by men and women who worked hard and worked selflessly for the welfare of humanity. Whether it was Dennis Ritchie, who invented the C-Programming language which made much of software possible for the Internet; Vinton Cerf, the research student who co-authored the TCP/IP protocols on which the Internet runs today, or Time Berner-Lee, who wrote the HTML language which made browsing the World Wide Web possible, all of these noble individuals (and some institutions), donated their invention and innovation for the greater cause of humanity. Their efforts over decades kept the Internet open and neutral - enabling us to use it the way we do today, and have done, in the past.
As of today, we pay for "Internet access" to our service provider or mobile operator based on the amount of bandwidth consumed (measured in GB per month or unlimited per month). Now comes greed and avarice. Some of India's over-sized, cash-hungry, customer-unfriendly mobile operators want to charge you based on the websites you visit, rather than the amount of data you download. They want to dictate to you what apps you can use. They want more money from all of us - to access the same Internet that we have always used, fairly freely. Can you imagine a scenario where your local electricity supply corporation, bills you based on the appliances you use?
Electricity companies can't figure out what your end-usage is (except for the total units consumed). But mobile operators are able to figure out exactly what you are doing on the Internet. Many of them have installed "deep-packet-inspection" devices which tells them which apps you use. As more and more Indians go online - and a majority will use their mobile phones to do so - telecom companies should not be allowed to charge us based on what we use. It is fair to be charged on the amount of consumption, but do you want an Internet where you will be paying for per app-usage?
India, a young nation of entrepreneurs can't afford not to have an open and neutral Internet. Let Trai hear this too. Let Trai know that we want to save the Internet. For us, and later for our kids as well.
From:
http://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/internet/dont-read-this-if-you-use-internet/46925342?utm_source=Mailer&utm_medium=ET_batch&utm_campaign=ettelecom_news_2015-04-15#./46925342?&_suid=142914127815209346768044642821
If some phone companies have their way, then that wonderful thing we've grown up on - and used for years to search, chat, research, review, share photos, watch videos, and of course, Skype and Whatsapp - may become too expensive to afford.
The foundation of the Internet was built by men and women who worked hard and worked selflessly for the welfare of humanity. Whether it was Dennis Ritchie, who invented the C-Programming language which made much of software possible for the Internet; Vinton Cerf, the research student who co-authored the TCP/IP protocols on which the Internet runs today, or Time Berner-Lee, who wrote the HTML language which made browsing the World Wide Web possible, all of these noble individuals (and some institutions), donated their invention and innovation for the greater cause of humanity. Their efforts over decades kept the Internet open and neutral - enabling us to use it the way we do today, and have done, in the past.
As of today, we pay for "Internet access" to our service provider or mobile operator based on the amount of bandwidth consumed (measured in GB per month or unlimited per month). Now comes greed and avarice. Some of India's over-sized, cash-hungry, customer-unfriendly mobile operators want to charge you based on the websites you visit, rather than the amount of data you download. They want to dictate to you what apps you can use. They want more money from all of us - to access the same Internet that we have always used, fairly freely. Can you imagine a scenario where your local electricity supply corporation, bills you based on the appliances you use?
Electricity companies can't figure out what your end-usage is (except for the total units consumed). But mobile operators are able to figure out exactly what you are doing on the Internet. Many of them have installed "deep-packet-inspection" devices which tells them which apps you use. As more and more Indians go online - and a majority will use their mobile phones to do so - telecom companies should not be allowed to charge us based on what we use. It is fair to be charged on the amount of consumption, but do you want an Internet where you will be paying for per app-usage?
India, a young nation of entrepreneurs can't afford not to have an open and neutral Internet. Let Trai hear this too. Let Trai know that we want to save the Internet. For us, and later for our kids as well.
From:
http://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/internet/dont-read-this-if-you-use-internet/46925342?utm_source=Mailer&utm_medium=ET_batch&utm_campaign=ettelecom_news_2015-04-15#./46925342?&_suid=142914127815209346768044642821
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