I am sure most of you might have heard about Net Neutrality that’s been in the news for quite some time. Just like we have freedom of speech, Net Neutrality is all about freedom of net usage. The network operators should not discriminate between content – all content should get equal rights (i.e. speed and accessibility).
The telecom lobby are pressuring the Indian Government to regulate a framework to slow down things that affect their revenue. Take for example the mobile operators in India – Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, etc – etc. now these telecom companies were earning more with less user subscription over 5 to 10 years ago and now even with more subscription they are not earning as much as they should.
So what happened?
All these telecom companies are providing call, data and other services. The data services are hitting them hard. With more and more consumers using Facebook, Messaging, Twitter, Whatsapp etc, they have minimized the use of other services that are being offered – for example SMS’s – The SMS usage has reduced considerably ever since Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp evolved. And now Whatsapp has started offering voice calls using data networks.
With more and more consumer using data services the telecom operators are getting uncomfortable as it is hitting their revenue (I don’t think that is too much). The TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) are thinking if it is feasible to have a licensing for over the top apps and should operators be allowed to shape the traffic as per their needs.
In simple words they will decide what will be viewable / accessible when using their data networks, they can block certain services like WhatsApp, Viber etc that could hurt their revenue. The operators might also charge extra for Voice over IP services or ask the companies like WhatsApp / Skype to pay charges to telecom companies.
TRAI has asked Citizens to express their views you can find more details at TRAI Website.
Internet is all about freedom; it’s open and free and it should be that way. Speak out, share this article and comment below.
Want to make a difference check savetheinternet.in and netneutrality.in.
@Gogi: Pls post an article asap for saving Net Neutrality as our Indian Govt is seeking final comments(already 33k cmts until now) which are opened only till today i.e August 15th check here for more details: https://mygov.in/group-issue/give-your-comments-or-suggestions-recommendations-committee-net-neutrality/
User’s will hav to just create an account for giving their responses on Saving Internet Freedom in our India.
Pls don’t ignore this as it’s a big issue if we don’t respond now then we will feel later,hope u understand so pls do spread this issue asap,thanks in Advance!
My tweet to NDTV Cellguru team who were campaigning for same Net Neutrality 🙂
Ain’t ‘Airtel Zero’ same concept like Reliance & Internet.org doing right now ? If internet.org is good, how Zero not good ? Reliance users can now use facebook & some other sites free through internet.org. Likewise Airtel users can use some sites and apps for free. Isn’t ‘Airtel Zero’ Airtel’s version of internet.org concept ? Explain how Airtel Zero is different and bad and internet.org is good, all of a sudden !
ur answer is there in a youtube video mate.. airtel zero might allow fast access to its preferred site for example a online buying portal and then very slow access to its opponent online portal. the customer wud be fed up searching the product in opponents portal, hence will buy airtel preferred site
Whose video ? AIB ? It’s just rumours if AIB video is you’re talking about. As far as I know, Other than people can browse free, no special charges or special speed limit for other sites.
This’s also something to be read. http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/social/net-neutrality-debate-its-not-just-limited-to-airtel-zero/
http://www.savetheinternet.in ..just go to this link and support net neutrality..otherwise for our this discussion also telecom company ask for revenue ( say:- taking revenue for gogi.in too :p)
Hats off to gogi rana for the net neutrality movement!
मित्रों यह अंकीय (digital) भारत की दिशा में पहला कदम है
…मित्रों यह हमारा सपना है की पूरा भारत इंटरनेट का उपयोग करे…
मित्रों लगता है आपलोगों ने हमारे कथन का गलत मतलब निकल लिया है…हमने उपयोग करने के लिए कहा था…. क्या और कैसे उपयोग करना है वो आपका निर्णय नहीं है वो तो हम बताएँगे।
माफ़ करिये मित्रों हम नहीं वो अम्बानी / बिड़ला एवं मित्तल बंधू बताएँगे….और हम आपलोगो को बता देंगे।
हमने तो पहले ही कहा था की “सबका साथ सबका विकास”
आपलोगो ने फिर से इसका गलत अर्थ निकल लिया…इस्कॉ मतलब है आपलोगो के साथ से कुछलोगो का विकास।
आप कितनी भी चिट्ठी लिखें … हम तो इसे लागु करवा के ही रहेंगे….. फिर जब आप लोग ज्यादा चिल्लल्ल–पों मचाएंगे तब हम मसीहा की तरह आकर जैसा था वैसा था कर देंगे केवल इंटरनेट पे वौइस् कालिंग और वेत्सप्प का अलग से पैसा देना पड़ेगा.
अब खुश… यही तो सब चाहते हैं…फ्लिपकार्ट , न्यूज़ एप्प और अमेज़न को तो सिर्फ वजन बढ़ने के लिए रखा गया है।
**याद है न कुछ साल पहले कैसे पेट्रोल का दाम 2 रुपैया बढ़ाते थे और जब आपलोग हंगामा करते थे तो 50 पैसा कम कर देते थे…..मित्रों यहाँ भी कुछ वैसा ही है ।
अब नमस्कार मित्रों ….धन्यवाद
Already telecom companies have drastically increased the rate of net packs in India more than 200%. Now when they are seeing they are not getting the revenue as expected they are seeking for other things. They have to accept that it is the internet world and should accept the situation rather than strike their head over and over for new things. The situation can not be same as it is 10 years ago. As in those days internet service is not so much popular
How d hell this telecom operators just think about profit, we have highest tariff rates for 3G or 2G packages, no 4G still and network for 3G is pathetic ..the world is using 5G or advanced and we still stuck with 2G and in that also they want to regulate apps…disgusting.
It is a new fad caught from USA. What applies to those fat cats doesn’t apply here. People are aping others like a sheep. There is nothing like neutrality ever.
If people are getting cheap internet on mobiles by whatever deals companies make among themselves one has no business interfering in it.
Internet activists didn’t really thought this through and simply just getting caught up with it.
Don’t waste your time people.
You know nothing Jon Snow
Go watch AIB: Save the internet video.
Also if you think that people are getting cheap internet you are wrong. It isn’t cheap but the rest is paid by the big companies who are breaking NN.
Also, just FYI USA has passed a NN law
Lol.
What you know is what you read. Really not applied your mind.
Somebody who gets is info from AIB is not worth having a discussion.
@Rajeev then why you are discussing? An self-proclaimed expert like You should not spend your time here. Excuse us expert.
I suggested you to watch the AIB video because it is good at explaining NN. Also FYI they brought the experts in the matter and had a discussion about the OTT paper TRAI and based on that the video was made “under supervision of Experts”. This was not a sole AIB idiots project.
And I know about this movement since its birth at Reddit India community.
If they block us then wifi is only way. But you cannot always carry wifi outside /public places.
If they blocked services like whatsapp, situation for them will become worse coz people will avoid their service and like to go with Broadband Connection. Btw, no worries whatever they do. I use WiFi.
Lolz, bro the same shame thing will be implemented later (first for gsm and cdma services) by them in broadband, wifi and whatsoever which comes under the word internet just to increase their revenues. Pls do some google search about this issue and know what exactly is going on!
I do support net neutrality but we should also think of other effects it might cause, for example these telecom heavyweights now have to forgo their calling and sms income if voice internet calls r permitted. so they will resort to either banning them or else considerably increasing the price of data charges. 1gb 3g data cost will be raised to 500rs from 250rs, so which one is better? I myself can’t decide….
If that happens I will gladly make the jump to other Telco Provider, heck even BSNL
The fact is that even if we share this big issue on social media platforms,these people(including my frnds) never ever care(but what hurts me is that if a girl uploads a selfie in fb, within just a few secs there will be many responses, but when it comes to a social cause the response will be extremely very less) and also the other reason may be they don’t know what is Net neutrality.
Even T.V media has taken sides and seems like they too have been bribed in order to keep their mouth shut. These people will start barking only after it gets implemented in a wider scale. I don’t what else a common man can do to go against these Greedy Corporate Companies?
This is what I would have posted.. Read my mind..
Ha,ha same feelings. Stay strong and have belief we can stop them together!
I think TRAI should let the mobile network companies make charges for using facebook or whatsapp for the customers. See they have indeed kept the call charges, data charges ,messaging charges low for a long period of time when you can easily see the price of other daily essentials rise to peak due to inflation. The companies are charging the least for the services(also due to competition from other companies).
This year spectrum auction has crossed more than Rs 1,00,000 Crore (a record high). So you see each companies such as Idea or Airtel have to pay more or less 5000 Crore a month!! It is natural they may want to put charge or ban Face book or Whatsapp etc to prevent their company from running bankruptcy.
It’s true that internet is undoubtedly essential in modern day, but excess or unlimited internet is unnecessary luxury and may be harmful to life. Internet should be used mainly for necessity not luxury and the so called social networking(living in virtual world) addiction should be avoid these the modern youth keep in mind. We all are quite aware how bad the internet addiction is; we read in news examples such as a mother forgetting to bring her child from school as she was so drowned in Facebook,married couples not speaking a word to gather as they are engulfed using their mobiles and so on, other deleterious use of internet are hacking, pornography,cyber crimes etc. So be a responsible Indian use internet wisely and limited.
Man, Telecom Looting Giants like Airtel,Vodafone and Idea are greedy notorious so that they make money even out of shits.Definitely they are not in losses even though they have spent a heafty sum on buying spectrum in the recently concluded spectrum auctions. They will easily make money within in the next 2yrs more than the money they spent on buying the spectrum. Just because of some people getting ridiculously addicted to social platforms you can’t just give your vote in favour of Telecom companies to ban/regulate Social apps.
For Example what will you do when Airtel says first visit “Olx” for no reason then only you will be able to visit a “govt website”? They will do anything they want just to increase their revenues like they will choose a time when you could open a site, just for an Example say Govt websites will only be accessible starting from 9 A.M to 5 P.M if incase you want to access govt website after 5P.M then u should visit Olx for no reason in order to get redirected to the appropriate govt website. In simple words,Consumer should always be the king in deciding what he/she should do with his own data pack,not the Greedy Telecom operators!
Absolutely true!!
Telecom companies spend crores and crores of rupees on advertising daily and you are the only person on this whole planet who thinks that these companies are at loss. Hats off to your thinking.
@tanvir, spectrum licence is given for 20 years and not for one year. So get your facts right. All telecom companies together will pay 5000 crore per year and not per month as you are saying. This amount is is not even 25% net profit they earn. Companies earn at least 4 times more then this.
Tanvir, good post.
These 5 star (haha) activists have no time to research anything. Mobile charges (Not including data) are cheapest in the world. How these telcos makeup for their loss in revenues is their business strategy.
The sheep got caught in this neutrality nonsense thing and if they become successful in browbeating (5star style) the TRAI it will increase common man services like mobile calls and sms charges.
One doesn’t need much brains to hop on to the latest cool issue and feel worthwhile.
what exactly it means is it good or bad
Neutrality how will affect our Internet uses
seriously I didn’t get it plz help me
Pls visit the links that gogi mentioned in the end to understand what exactly Net Neutrality means. By the way Net Neutrality is always damn good.
what’s the use of 4g? Data can be depleted in minutes. And 4g should be unlimited. Else we spend our money for data pack higher than food. So companies should consider launching unlimited 4g data pack at lesser rates.
this is my exact email to TRAi
the answere to net nuetrality is yes. something like “airtel zero” is making a monster in making, rather cruch it now.
when the entire topic is revenue going down why is airtel and others hell bent in giving something “free” to consumers. ill rather pay more for my nuetral data pack than access some sites for free.
plz trai do not allow this
(Also if trai thinks everyone in india will go through 150 pages of report,that is not going to happen. i dont even study for my exams that much. make it in survey or a poll format. ever heard of “user friendly”
for more detailed understanding plz watch AIB video of netneutrality.. thank u for listening only 14days left & yes it is not a joke or someone to seek attention.. if u do not act now same hamara bhi haal hoga as US, Brazil, Canada.. plz share it..
In India data charges are already very high, see other country’s, their high speeds, at cheap prices & India 2g is very expensive what about 4g ? in other country’s 4g is cheaper than our 2g ! INDIA IS CORRUPTED That’s what these Airtel ,idea, Voda, Docomo like company’s are increasing data charges day by day ! they should decrease it, I remember in 2007 what are data charges (Rs. 95 for 2gb Airtel 1 month) & now its double, even its quadruple looking at 2gb ! They all (idea,Airtel,Docomo) were on our heads And now they are piein* on our heads ! I am sure these brands giving huge amount of bribe to politicians .
But what should we do ? They always do what they want & we are forced to accept it. We should (all Indian should throw all these sims to drawers & not use all services for at least 20 days, Even if 10 million do this I am sure this brands will face huge loss. But these brands know even 100 people will not do this ! So this all is because of us !
Visit This Link for more information and to submit the answers to TRAI
https://www.change.org/p/rsprasad-trai-don-t-allow-differential-pricing-of-services-let-consumers-choose-how-they-want-to-use-internet-netneutrality/u/10436211?tk=zDFSnamh0Tp4tEGumb0Ci8omGv_BwPdLhtWzTLhDypQ&utm_source=petition_update&utm_medium=email
Thanks a lot for sharing this,but some group are saying we can send the same answers whereas some are saying that we should put our own words then only TRAI will accept our answer.Quite confused,now!
Not a good idea sending same answers it’s called spamming, better use your own words.
Yeah,gogi you’re right.
Please visit this website dedicated for net neutrality…and submit your voice/opinion.
http://www.netneutrality.in/
There are 20 questions. if you support this campaign then just copy paste the answers given below and send email from your email id to [email protected]
No,bro it is said that if we copy paste the same answers then TRAI will reject our mail.So,u can use those answers from the link, but you should form it using your own words and mail TRAI,then only TRAI will accept it.
The hell is back by #Airtel Zero !! Who is this co who ask us to pay even on If we use water , elextiricty , TV?? I can do anything with This Internet what i want it. Please guys go ahed . The same issue was hit by Month of February By Airtel to charge For VOIP like ‘Whatsap, viber etc. Please guys follow Telecomtalk.info as well with gogi
Net neutrality is not an option but a necessity, consumers decide what they would pay for not the telcos. Guys please make sure you share this article by gogi on your fb page and mail to TRAI all the answers in a mail. I have done it already, fight for your right,go to http://www.savetheinternet.in
Let’s unite and declare war against these greedy companies like airtel and flipkart. Looks like people in the TRAI have received d bribes from these companies otherwise TRAI would have not asked for opinion. After corruption scam this is another way of looting internet users.
gogi, please provide more details,on how we can fight this menace.
Check the comments and updated links at the end of the article.
That very kind of you gogiji that you spread the words. And it does matter. Thanks
When data usage and revenue from it were low those olden days of 2G networks, their revenue from calls and SMSs must have been high. Now people use more data, so revenue from data must be high today than those days, so obviously SMS and Calls may decrease. But overall income would have increased with increased number of use of smartphones, internet etc. How can they expect people to go back to olden days and earn huge revenue from SMSs in this era of smartphones and internet ? Make better data networks and earn from it. And data charges are high now, at the same time you pay 3G charges, gets 2G speed.
Now a days 1 gb of data costs around 200 rs. It leads to networks profits. According to my observation, when compared it to last 2 years, SMS pack was priced around 50rs and I made call for nearly 80 to 100 rs. But now my monthly usage is more than 250rs. So revenue loss for network is lie. No networks providing data speed consistently. Even 3g is launched nearly 5 years back. Still 3g is not that familiar to villages. I think airtel is a only network, they always making problems in net neutrality. If airtel goes the way, it leads to other networks to follow.
First of all, thanks a lot gogi ji for posting this article. This Airtel – “The Mother of frauds” hav already started breaching Net neutrality by launching Airtel Zero. Airtel has said that their sms revenue has decreased but it never said that their Data revenue has increased more than one could never ever imagine.
Isn’t increased Data Revenue combined with Voice and Sms revenue enough for Airtel? Airtel-“The looting Gaint”(Flipkart and Youtube are also supporting Airtel),Vodafone, Idea, Facebook & Google(I too was surprised to see that fb & google to join the party) are the members of COAI and have compelled TRAI to release a consultation paper in the form of 20 illogical questions.
I still wonder that which consumer would scratch their heads in order mail TRAI answers to their 20 framed illogical questions via [email protected] I bet TRAI Chairman would have got huge sum of bribe from the members of COAI in order to release a consultation paper completely in favour of them. Big Corporate Companies like Flipkart,Fb and google are against net neutrality because they want to make sure that no other small/new competitors should emerge as a successive one in present or in the near future. If u don’t support net neutrality now, then there will be 1000 different packs (like fb, whatsapp, google, youtube packs) you will have to activate even though you have activated normal data packs & remember Telecom operator will surely decide during when and at what time u should use your internet. So Friends If u don’t want to pay extra to see ur friends’ selfies on fb/whatsapp,pls do help yourselves by supporting net neutrality and pls do mail your 20 answers to Trai via [email protected] within April 24th. Pls don’t bark later!
well well said !!
pls send mail to [email protected].
@Gogi: I do agree that the following are other sites but these websites are only about Net neutrality and hav already taken steps to prevent it by filing petitions.So I hope so that u will post this cmnt.
So guys,If incase you would like to stop this pls do read about this big issue in detail here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hJfUH9MEniz6JJ2SOuHjSnX4Icjho3cIlCybFhyCkP8/mobilebasic?pli=1&viewopt=127
Pls do Sign and support Sandeep pillai’s petition here: https://www.change.org/p/rsprasad-trai-don-t-allow-differential-pricing-of-services-let-consumers-choose-how-they-want-to-use-internet-netneutrality
TRAI’s consultation paper in the form of 20qns in pdf: http: //www.trai.gov.in/Content/ConDis/10743_0.aspx
Pls mail your 20 answers to TRAI via [email protected] and use these answers in this link,pls don’t copy the same answers in the link then TRAI will reject your mail, instead edit and form your own answers with the help of these answers in this link: http://www.savetheinternet.in/
Also u can use these memes which are license free to promote Net Neutrality on social media platforms and get to know more people about it: https://medium.com/@inw/stand-for-net-neutrality-in-india-2de648f2effc
Youtube video clearly explaining about Net neutrality: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0S1t54THJZY
Where I can get these 20 questions..i can’t find out..plz share a link.
@Prasanth: First pls go to http://www.savetheinternet.in/ then press on Edit Answers(if it doesn’t work press reload and try again) you will find those 20 qns with answers for it then use those answers and edit it using using own words,it is said that only if we send different answers then only TRAI will accept it.Send your edited answers via mail to [email protected]
Or else u can visit this they hav made a tool to make us answer more simple: https://www.change.org/p/rsprasad-trai-don-t-allow-differential-pricing-of-services-let-consumers-choose-how-they-want-to-use-internet-netneutrality/u/10436211?tk=zDFSnamh0Tp4tEGumb0Ci8omGv_BwPdLhtWzTLhDypQ&utm_source=petition_update&utm_medium=email
It’s confirmed frnds,pls use your own words frnds otherwise TRAI will definitely reject your answers if you copy paste the same answers from the above mentioned links!
Gogi, not just here spread this on twitter and face book too.
Cellphones are invented and now people hardly use landline phone. How ethical will it be to force us to use landline instead of cellphone? Same way, when we have whatsapp facebook for communication, why would we depend upon sms or calls? Telecom companies have enjoyed looting the customers for years. Why would anybody agree that they continue looting?
you are right my friend.
Gogi is taking initiative in spreading the message. keep it up Gogi.
Long live Gogi..
If we check annual reports and balance sheets of telecom companies, they are making hefty profits, still they are crying. This Bharti and Birlas are very greedy persons.
One answer to them is to them to subscribe to other data providers who offer data through cable broadband and wifi networks. And use telecom data as minimal as possible. Also reduce your overall data usage by not opting trifle videos, unnecessary shopping browsing etc.
Yes, cable broadband are very affordable ( and very good speed).
Well pointed.
very true…these companies earn 100 times more then they invest and still make drama of not earning enough….where as government earns thousands of crores as revenue. so both are very happy….and all this money is taken out from our pockets by price hikes in data. today 1GB of 3G data is much more expensive then 1liter of petrol imported all the way from gulf.
I agreed with you.
Hmm right..4 ltr petrol = 1 gb 3g 🙁
I kept getting 2g( .5 g in real) for my 3g recharge. Recently charged 200 for 10 mb out of pack data usage( the computed whole day data use as out of pack) ..complained… got 100 back still no 3g…. Ported via mnp.. But the day before porting they remembered how to solve my issue.. It was too late to stay with them ..#zerorentalwale 🙁 v(