Suresh Thimiri Talking About

Net Neutrality

Whats is Net Neutrality?

Net neutrality (also network neutrality, Internet neutrality, or net equality) is the principle that Internet

service providers and governments should treat all data on the Internet equally,not discriminating or

charging deferentially by user, content, site, platform, application, type of attached equipment, or

mode of communications

Airtel Zero

The government has decided to look into Bharti Airtel’s controversial ‘Airtel Zero’ plan, which is seen

to be violating net neutrality as it grants preferential treatment for websites that pay for it. Network

neutrality is the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally. According to Columbia

Law School professor Tim Wu, the best way to explain network neutrality is as when designing a

network: that a public information network will end up being most useful if all content, sites, and

platforms are treated equally.

Debate In India

In recent times, the debate in India about Net Neutrality is heating up with a website doing an online

campaign against it, and asking people to get associated. Major newspapers have reported how ‘fight for

net neutrality’ has ‘united internet’ During the last few days, more than 200,000 e-mails and online petitions

have been sent to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and Union Ministry for Communication and

Information Technology ‘to act against the violation of net neutrality by corporate interests’. This online

petition is in response to a consultation paper on over-the-top services (OTT) and net neutrality for public

feedback released by TRAI.

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