Still Not Written to TRAI? Voice Your Opinion Till January 7th!

The concern for Net Neutrality continues while the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India accepts comments from concerned netizens. TRAI’s chairman RS Sharma made it clear that comments are still considered by concerned internet users to voice their thoughts about Internet Neutrality. Additionally, counter comments are now allowed till January 14^th which earlier was set on January 7^th.

More on TRAI’s Statements

Stakeholders, telecom operators and other associated collaborators were persistent to TRAI about considering netizens’ opinions which has lead to this decision.

“On the request of the stakeholders, the last date for receipt of written comments/views has been extended up to January 7 and counter comments, if any, up to January 14. It has also been decided that no request for any further extension of time for submission of comments/counter comments shall be entertained.” – TRAI.

Repercussion of Net Neutrality

Even as the document by TRAI does not mention the term ’net neutrality’ anywhere, it points out the suggestion of zero-rating platforms which have whipped up a huge debate on the topic across the nation. The TRAI headquarters received more than 1.65 million comments according to sources. The comments related to the Facebook Free Basics are about 1 million. An equal number of people oppose and endorse the issue.

In a nutshell, the net neutrality theory says that ISPs (internetservice providers) must not discriminate any applications or block content that streams via their networks.

As I have already mentioned in a previous article on net neutrality, the concept includes uniform access to all websites, abolishing the telecom-style licensing and doing away with the impression of free and paid websites. Moreover, saving the internet will lead to more employment opportunities, enhanced returns on investments and improved society dominion.

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