Gujarat University UGC HRDC

NET NEUTRALITY

Amit K Kashyap
Roll no. 1 RC May June 2016

What is Net Neutrality?

Net neutralityis theprinciple,thatinternet service
providersand governments should treat all the data on
theinternetequally without discriminating or charging
the users on the basis of the content, site, platform,
application, type of attached equipment, or mode of
communication.
This
term
was
first
coined
byColumbia
universitymedia lawprofessorTim Wuin 2003, as an
extension of the longstanding concept of acommon
carrier.
Net neutrality is the name of the movement to keep the

How do net neutrality shape the internet?

Web users are free to connect to
whatever website or service they want.
ISPs(Internet Service Providers) do not
bother with what kind of content is
flowing from their servers.
It has allowed the internet to grow into
a global network and has allowed

What will happen if there is no net neutrality?

If there is no Net Neutrality,
ISPs will have the power to shape internet traffic so that they
can derive extra benefit from it.
Instead of free access, there could be "package plans" for
consumers on the OTT(over the top services and
applications) such as skype, WhatsApp, Facebook, Flipkart,
Instagram and many more.
Doom for innovation on the web.

State of Net neutrality in India

The telecom companies of in India are trying to lobby the
TRAI(telecom regulatory authority of India) to in act the
Regulation in such a way that will change the way we are using the
internet.
Telecom operators wants to carve the internet into a bunch of sections
such that we have to pay to access every single of them separately.
TRAI has put the issue on their website in a 118 long consultation paper
on the OTT issue on 27th march with tight deadline of 24th April.

Why are telecom operators fighting for net neutrality ?

What we should demand as Indian citizens ?

Freedom: we should be able to access information on
the terms we choose and not to be pushed into consumer
decisions by large telecom companies.
If there is violation of net neutrality, we must take a
proactive approach.
They should also reward ISPs that uphold the net
neutrality.

Save The Internet initiative

Save the internet(www.savetheinternet.in) is an

Indian website made for the battle against the
discrimination of the internet.
The purpose was to assist supporters of strong
net neutrality in giving their own views on the
matter in a legally precise manner, in order to
submit a response to the TRAI before the

PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATORY
TARIFFS FOR DATA SERVICES
REGULATIONS, 2016 (REGULATIONS)
Key Points:
PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATORY TARIFFS
BAR ON AGREEMENTS THAT RESULT IN DISCRIMINATORY
TARIFFS BEING CHARGED
EXCEPTIONS- closed electronic communication networks
not covered by this exception are CUG and MPLS services
PENALTIES
These Regulations will not apply to packs, plans or vouchers that have
been subscribed to before the date of these Regulations provided that
none of them shall be valid after 6 months from the said date.