I usually prefer delivering current events. Events fresh out of the oven, piping hot, served-but-too-hot-to-be-dug- into-right-now.But this one here has been lying here on the table for quite some time now and everybody has dug into it and have had their fill on their way out. Therefore, Net Neutrality is no news. You already know this and probably might have submitted your response to TRAI(Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) by now. You might have pondered the 20 questions documented in 118 complicated pages (straight from the mouth of babes) just to let them fellas know how much you hate their proposed (which they are ready to impose) idea.
For those of you, who row in the same boat as I do and believe in closing any window, pop-up and link buddies with forms expectantly lying there to be filled in, this news is for you.
Our Smart generation has flown the nest more than once in a short span of time. We migrated from the Martin Cooper’s handheld (which apparently are still handheld but thankfully have dropped the frill) mobile phones to mobile phones which are smart. In the course of this, many of us migrated from the traditional text system to apps (think WhatApp, BBM and the like). Even voice calls have been replaced by apps such as Skype. While we all were lured by FREE FREE FREE, telecom companies were’nt making profits as much they’d like to make.
Now, each one (Airtel, Vodafone and Reliance, the major players) have come to detest these Over-The-Top Services which doesn’t let them earn as much as they’d like to . So what do they propose? They propose to charge customers whenever, wherever, for whatsoever and how much ever they want. Meaning, if a shark does’nt like Youtube, it’ll make it a paid service and force you to use it’s own platform of similar nature (think Wynk) for absolutely free! In short, force you to like something which you don’t like, to get out of the situation, you either need to pay (for something you like) or, be holed up in your warrens forgetting all about the internet.
These Over-The-Top services would be forced to share their share of profit with the Telecom sharks. On failing to do so, your WhatsApp message would get delivered in an hour and your Youtube buffering would probably make you go mad. The internet service provider would then force you to part with your hard earned money for say, a service like YouTube which uses more mobile bandwidth. A lil birdy even told me this-the internet we all have grown up with would cease to exist. You probably might have to avail a package plan instead of accessing the internet where-never, wherever and however you want.
No power to the telecom industry!
More power to the common man!
