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warthog
http://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/trai/upload/ConsultationPapers/107/comments6feb07CN.pdf
TRIKON ELECTRONICS
Net neutrality should be mandated not to protect stand alone service providers, but to protect
consumer choice. It should be codified and upheld.
Skype
1. As we mentioned when discussing 2.16.13, it is not clear to us why any licence should be
required to allow access to specific types of Internet content or applications. There
should be no restriction placed on what a user can access over the Internet, nor should
there be any restriction on what an ISP can offer its users. In return, for the user, an
explicit regulatory obligation should be placed on ISPs and network operators not to
restrict what content, services and applications its users can access (so called “network
neutrality” principle). These two actions would ensure that ISPs are able to offer their
own voice services, if so desired, and users are able to choose which voice products or
services (including self-providing applications). In developed countries, the former is
commonplace and the latter is either taken for granted (e.g. in the EU regulatory
framework) or subject to issued guidelines (the FCC’s “four Internet freedoms”).
It could be considered to go further and remove all licensing requirements from ISPs,
merely subjecting them to notification and minimum regulatory requirements, including
consumer protection, quality of service information, complaints procedure, network
neutrality obligations, and so on. TRAI’s role would be to ensure compliance with the
regulations; ISPs which did not notify would be closed down. Those which did notify but
did not comply would be subject to sanctions deemed appropriate by TRAI. A light
touch framework would bring the benefits to the market and to consumers, as TRAI
desires. It has been seen to work in other countries (the UK is a good example).
MICROSOFT
It could be considered to go further and remove all licensing requirements from ISPs,
merely subjecting them to notification and minimum regulatory requirements, including
consumer protection, quality of service information, complaints procedure, network
neutrality obligations, and so on. TRAI’s role would be to ensure compliance with the
regulations; ISPs which did not notify would be closed down. Those which did notify but
did not comply would be subject to sanctions deemed appropriate by TRAI. A light
touch framework would bring the benefits to the market and to consumers, as TRAI
desires. It has been seen to work in other countries (the UK is a good example).
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Net Neutrality
TRAI has already issued recommendations to ensure that there is a certain minimum quality
of service for customers. REACH supports the right of network operators to implement
differentiated services to provide service quality in excess of these minimum standards for
selected customers to improve return on investment.
TRIKON ELECTRONICS
Net neutrality should be mandated not to protect stand alone service providers, but to protect
consumer choice. It should be codified and upheld.
Skype
1. As we mentioned when discussing 2.16.13, it is not clear to us why any licence should be
required to allow access to specific types of Internet content or applications. There
should be no restriction placed on what a user can access over the Internet, nor should
there be any restriction on what an ISP can offer its users. In return, for the user, an
explicit regulatory obligation should be placed on ISPs and network operators not to
restrict what content, services and applications its users can access (so called “network
neutrality” principle). These two actions would ensure that ISPs are able to offer their
own voice services, if so desired, and users are able to choose which voice products or
services (including self-providing applications). In developed countries, the former is
commonplace and the latter is either taken for granted (e.g. in the EU regulatory
framework) or subject to issued guidelines (the FCC’s “four Internet freedoms”).
It could be considered to go further and remove all licensing requirements from ISPs,
merely subjecting them to notification and minimum regulatory requirements, including
consumer protection, quality of service information, complaints procedure, network
neutrality obligations, and so on. TRAI’s role would be to ensure compliance with the
regulations; ISPs which did not notify would be closed down. Those which did notify but
did not comply would be subject to sanctions deemed appropriate by TRAI. A light
touch framework would bring the benefits to the market and to consumers, as TRAI
desires. It has been seen to work in other countries (the UK is a good example).
MICROSOFT
It could be considered to go further and remove all licensing requirements from ISPs,
merely subjecting them to notification and minimum regulatory requirements, including
consumer protection, quality of service information, complaints procedure, network
neutrality obligations, and so on. TRAI’s role would be to ensure compliance with the
regulations; ISPs which did not notify would be closed down. Those which did notify but
did not comply would be subject to sanctions deemed appropriate by TRAI. A light
touch framework would bring the benefits to the market and to consumers, as TRAI
desires. It has been seen to work in other countries (the UK is a good example).
---------- Post added at 06:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:46 PM ----------
Net Neutrality
TRAI has already issued recommendations to ensure that there is a certain minimum quality
of service for customers. REACH supports the right of network operators to implement
differentiated services to provide service quality in excess of these minimum standards for
selected customers to improve return on investment.
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warthog
but you are right we have no laws and TRAI cant even fine as they dont have any enforcement powers.Isps just have to give $$$$$ to TRAI to get their way.We need to gut up and go together and sit on their next consultation debate.
now you are on the right path. we cannot really complain about airtel offering preferential services till the time indian government establishes the network neutrality laws. and that is unlikely to happen with the kind of power our ISPs have.
