Net neutrality, a much talked about concept these days, means that there is equal access to all legal websites with same speed and cost per unit of data. All the data available on the net is accessible by each and everyone irrespective of the telecom operator used. The idea of net equality has come into limelight because the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is planning to violate net neutrality, which is going to affect the consumers, the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and e-commerce in different ways.
The ISPs would be allowed to block or slow down some content on the net. They would charge high price for restricted data that would make net usage expensive. There would be paid prioritization for some websites and no transparency at all. In other words, telecom operators would exploit the consumers by charging high access fees for different websites. Contracts between the websites and the ISPs would alter the demand for those websites and the financially stabled websites would prosper than the smaller ones. The emerging e-commerce websites would not have an appropriate market and this would be a major setback for e-commerce in India. The only benefitted companies would be ISPs/telecom operators. But the profits of ISPs would be short term profits like that in any financial year, that would neither be enough nor be appreciated (by the consumers and firms) to offset the long term losses made by the websites whose growth would have been hampered by violation of net neutrality. The economic implication is that it would directly affect the economic growth and hence, the GDP adversely.
(Note: Airtel Zero plan, one of the schemes adopted by Airtel, is under high controversy these days regarding the violation of net neutrality.)
Here comes a call for protesting against the violation of net equality. People must make others aware about the issue, submit their response at the prescribed site and write letters to the authorities regarding the same. People must refrain from their laid-back attitude and take pro-active actions to “ Save the Internet ”.
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We need to have net neutrality for India to grow! Say no to net brutality, say yes to net neutrality!
I’m glad to see people reacting to violation of net neutrality! 😀
Net Neutrality is the sine qua non of a modern liberal free society. It’s time to analyse it with a pedantic eye Just like you have done in this article.I am a staunch supporter of Net Neutrality and I completely agree with you..
Thanks Smriti for supporting the concept and speaking for it! 🙂
voilation of net nuetrality is a crime and the authorities must take actions against it! Im glad that the article also focuses on its economic consequences.
Thank you Aishwarya!
net equality is the thing that we seriously need for us.
Yes, It is.
Its wonderful how you base your articles on such beautiful bases.loved it. A thumbs up to it
Thanks a lot Bish 🙂
Thank you so much for the article. I really needed to know about the topic and it helped me a lot.
Haha… most welcome 😀
Awesome topic an awesome work done.
Thanks Sakshi
Thank You Sakshi and Shradha!
Good job 🙂
Nicely written! 😀
Thank you so much Abhinav 🙂
So agreed with you Shatakshi.
Thanks friend !
internet should be spread… contraction measures not needed… democracy is above corporate world
Very well pointed Abhinav. Democracy means right to equal internet.
wisely selected topic… good job shatakshi!!!
Thanks 😉
although i dont belong from a technical background but your article is so catchy that i was forced to read it n it was fun reading it out
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Thanks Sarita for reading this 🙂
i have read other writers article on save the internet but i found yours to be short sweet and precise. i love the way you write..
Thanks Renu. I’m glad!
Good effort…!
Thanks Padmaa
Thanks Padmaa 😀
I know its late, but I think the protest did matter!
well done!
Save the Interent 😀 save the internet
Nicely Wriiten 😀
An amazing article
Save the internet 😀
Really sad to Hear that The mail that we send to TRA has been used for other promotional purpose rather than the real purpose 🙁
Good work 😀
Great work!