Facebook submits to the TRAI supporting differential pricing of data [pdf]

Post by ikeboy » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 2:30 PM UTC

bugger_guy wrote: post #3

did they do that? but how can they. didnt they say to FCC that such practices are against NN and how can they say this in INDIA. isnt it hypocrisy?

Post by dingo_bat » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 2:34 PM UTC

enig_matic7 wrote: post #22

Does anyone know what's in it for Reliance when they offer Free Basics?

Post by scorpion032 » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 2:34 PM UTC

onewaystreet wrote: post #19

scorpion032 wrote: post #6

Would Facebook exist today, if there were a gatekeeper (AOL, Google, Yahoo?) that needed to approve it as a "Basic service", that had exclusive access to a billion users? This Anti-competitive practice is as notorious as the ones MSFT once engaged in at their peak, for which they still get a lot of negative press, decades later.

Facebook would only be a gatekeeper in India if no one else decides to offer a competing service. Google plans to.

Post by dingo_bat » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 2:37 PM UTC

jace wrote: post #2

It's remarkable that a company that stands strongly in favour of net neutrality in the US is so strongly against it in India. Speak of double standards. So strong against it, they've spent $44 million in ads to tell the public to oppose net neutrality and instead support something they're calling "digital equality", aka free Facebook (and friends) without data charges. Source for $44 million figure: https://twitter.c…

Post by Drakim » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 2:56 PM UTC

dingo_bat wrote: post #27

jace wrote: post #2

It's remarkable that a company that stands strongly in favour of net neutrality in the US is so strongly against it in India. Speak of double standards. So strong against it, they've spent $44 million in ads to tell the public to oppose net neutrality and instead support something they're calling "digital equality", aka free Facebook (and friends) without data charges. Source for $44 million figure: https://twitter.c…

Probably an argument can be made that net-neutrality and zero-rating are different. For example, net-neutrality can include exemptions to free services which grant access to only certain websites. IMO, the bigger problem is differential -pricing, not free stuff. Once, I pay for internet access, I should get access to everything. But any company is allowed to give access to certain websites, free of cost.