Argonath RPG - A World of its own
Argonath RPG Community => Speakerbox => World and local news => Topic started by: Exterminator on August 15, 2015, 11:58:49 pm
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They're back at it again!
Among the bullshit that has been added since april includes the idea that all websites and apps operating in India are operating illegally as they do not register themselves to TRAI in accordance with the telegram act of .. 1885.
If you have not already done so, please log onto https://mygov.in/group-issue/give-your-comments-or-suggestions-recommendations-committee-net-neutrality/ as soon as possible and leave a comment (And if you're from India, ofcourse).
As always, TRAI is being shady by offering only a few days to submit complaints, and the fact that this time they have moved the service from E-Mail to the shitty MyGov site (And the fact that they tried to pull this while hoping that it would go unnoticed in the wake of the porn ban). More than half the time, the verification email will expire before the 5 minutes window, so you may have a try a couple of times.
Unless you're interested in paying 10$ extra for the online gaming package though, go leave a damn comment.
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You need to pay 10$ if you want to play games?
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You need to pay 10$ if you want to play games?
wtf
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Unless you're interested in paying 10$ extra for the online gaming package though, go leave a damn comment.
if you want to play online you need to pay that extra? is what i want to mean
@Khm.
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if you want to play online you need to pay that extra? is what i want to mean
@Khm.
Meh, i should have added some details for people who aren't already aware of the situation.
A few months ago, Indian ISPs went a hundred steps ahead of what comcast and AT&T could ever dream of. It started with an innocent sounding scheme called Airtel Zero, in partnership with facebook and internet.org. What it essentially means was that you could pay to have your site visible for free.
Now obviously this caused a gigantic uproar, since it would literally demolish any competition in India. You open your browser and want to buy a product, you search for it on amazon and it's fine. You open a Indian retailer Flipkart's website and suddenly you're asked to pay. Who will you choose?
After the uproar, the COAI (A group of ISPs) tried to pull their first actual shady move. They sent out SMSs to everybody in India, saying they're in favor of net neutrality, and that if you support them you give a missed call to TRAI's number (The SMS had nothing at all about airtel zero, and on contained the words net neutrality in them, AKA the thing that was being protested for by the activists). Apparently they had taken it upon themselves to change the definition of net neutrality from anybody can access everything on the internet to anybody can access particular websites and apps for free.
Eventually they got their shit kicked back into their butt though with the large scale protests and after the threat of many users migrating their phones away from airtel (It's very easy to switch providers in India).
Their next move was to directly violate the Supreme Court's orders and go against net neutrality.. again. This time they did the opposite, they started charging people for using Whatsapp, Viber e.t.c
There were also plans to divide the internet into different categories. So if you wanted to access a video streaming site, you need to pay extra for the video streaming package. Wanna stream in HD? Sorry, you need to pay extra for the HD video streaming package e.t.c
So you could download practically any app you want, but if you want to use Whatsapp you now owe Airtel money for it (Even though they had nothing to do with Whatsapp whatsoever, and are already charging you for the data). Their argument is that they're the ones spending massive amounts of money on infrastructure while these websites and apps earn more money than them for using their services.
When that ran into shit, they are now trying to get these competitors banned rather than partnering with them so that people are forced to use their SMS and Call services instead. According to the Telegram act of 1885, these companies are not registered with the government (Or more specifically, the TRAI) and are hence illegal.